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Frequency Distribution Table (FDT)

It is a grouping of all the (numerical)
observations into intervals or classes together
with a count of the number of observations that
fall in each interval or class.

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Example:
Suppose we are given a set of raw numerical
data.
These are the average monthly Kilowatt-hours
of Households in Barangay Santiago.
20

25

30

36

38

40

40

42

45

48

50

53

56

58

60

64

66

68

70

72

74

80

88

90

96

100

120

130

135

140

150

152

Source: Elementary Statistical manual

The following may be used as a guide in constructing an FDT (note that if there is
an existing set of class intervals for the specific data, then steps 1 to __ will not
apply)

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Steps in Constructing a
(FDT)
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Step 1: Find the range R.

R = highest value lowest value
Solution:
R = 152 20
= 132

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Step 2: Estimate the number of classes or

intervals, k.
k = n , where n = number of observations
Note: If the resulting value is fractional, then we
take the next higher integer.

Solution:
k = 32
=6
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Step 3: Estimate the class width c of each interval.

c = R/k
Note: Round off the answer to the same
number of decimal places that the
observations have.

Solution:
c = 132/6
= 22
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Step 4:
List the lower and upper class limits of the first
interval.
Class Interval
20 41
42 63
64 85
86 107
108 129
130 151
152 - 173

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5: all the succeeding lower and upper class
limits by adding the class with c to the lower
limit of the first class interval. The upper class
limit of the first interval should be the number
before the lower class interval of the second
interval. The highest class should contain the
largest observation.
Note: Class limits must have the same number of
decimal places as the raw data.
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Step
6:
From the data, tally the observations
according to the interval which it belongs to.
Summarize the tallies in a column for the
Class
Tally
Frequenc
frequencies.
Interval

20 41

IIII-II

42 63

IIII-IIII

64 85

IIII-II

86 107

IIII

108 129

130 151

IIII

152 -Average
173 Monthly Kilowatt-hours
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Step 7: Compute the class marks and class

boundaries of each class intervals
Class mark = (lower class limit + class
boundaries)/2
Lower class boundary = lower class limit (unit of
accuracy)

Upper class boundary = upper class limit + (unit of

accuracy)

Note: The number 2.5 is accurate to the tenth unit

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(or 0.1) while 3.42 is accurate to the hundredth unit
(or 0.01).

Step
7:

Class Interval

Tally

Frequency

Class
boundary

20 41

IIII-II

19.5 41.5

42 63

IIII-IIII

41.5 63.5

64 85

IIII-II

63.5 85.5

86 107

IIII

85.5 107.5

108 129

107.5 129.5

130 151

IIII

129.5 151.5

152 - 173

151.5 173.5

Average Monthly Kilowatt-hours of Households in Barangay Santiago

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Variations of the FDT include relative and

cumulative frequencies.
For example, using data:
Class
Interval

Frequency

Relative
Frequency

Cumulative
Frequency

20 41

0.21875

42 63

0.25

15

64 85

0.21875

22

86 107

0.125

26

108 129

0.03125

27

130 151

0.125

31

152 - 173

0.03125

32

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Relative Frequency

= Frequency/
Total Frequency

Cumulative Frequency

= It is the 'running total'

of frequencies.

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