Here are definitions for the key terms: Data set: A collection of data values. Frequency: The number of observations (data values) that fall within a given class interval. Calculated by counting the number of observations in each interval. Class interval: A range of values into which data is grouped for analysis. Calculated by dividing the range of the data by the number of intervals desired. Frequency polygon: A graph that connects the midpoints of the class intervals to represent the frequency distribution of the data. Midpoint: The value halfway between the lower and upper bounds of a class interval. Calculated by averaging the lower and upper bounds. Range: The difference between the highest and lowest values

1. Tables to compare the wingspan of male and female
butterflies.
Wing Span (mm)
Male Frequency
Wing Span (mm)
Female Frequency
30-31
32-33
34-36
37-39
2
25
30
13
30-31
32-33
34-36
37-39
0
15
45
0
What can you say?

2. Finding the mean
1070, 1080, 1120

3. Graph to compare the distances that males and females travel in the car per week.
50
40
30
20
10
0
Distance
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180 Distance
50
40
30
20
10
0

4. Distance
Frequency
0<d<40
5
40<d<60
20
60<d<80
20
80 < d < 100
40
100 < d < 120
50
120 < d < 180
10
Distance
Frequency
0<d<40
5
40<d<80
20
80<d<100
40
100 < d < 180
50

5. Graph to compare the distances that males and females travel in the car per week.
0
0
0
0
0
0
Distance
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180 Distance
0
0
0
0
0
0

6. Histograms
Histograms look like frequency diagrams.
The difference is that you get the frequencies from the area
of the rectangles and not the height.
Frequency
Frequency
Density
Frequency
Diagram
Histogram

7. Histograms can be used when
the class intervals are unequal.
Time
Frequency
0 < t < 10
20
10 < t < 20
15
20 < t < 30
10
30 < t < 40
9
40 < t < 50
6
Time
Frequency
0 < t < 10
20
10 < t < 15
15
15 < t < 20
10
20 < t < 25
9
25 < t < 40
6
Equal Class Intervals
Unequal Class Intervals

8. With a histogram you cant not get the
frequency from the height of the bar.
Instead you get the frequency from the area of the bar.
Frequency is equal to the Area of the Bar.
Frequency Density is equal to the Height of the Bar.
frequency
Frequency density =
width of interval
0.4
95
110
105
Width of interval = 10
Height (Frequency density) = 0.4
Area (Frequency) = 4

9. Find the relevant information for each bar.
0.5
?
10
Width of interval = 10
Frequency density = 0.5
Frequency = 5
1.2
?
?
2
Width of interval = 5
Frequency = 2
Frequency density = 0.4
5
2
8
?
20
Width of interval = 20
Frequency density = 1.2
Frequency = 24
Frequency = 8
Frequency density = 2
Width of interval = 4

10. Time
Frequency
0 < t < 10
20
10 < t < 15
15
15 < t < 20
10
20 < t < 25
9
25 < t < 40
6
Frequency
Frequency
=
Density
Class width
Frequency
Density
2
3
2
1.8
0.4
20 ÷ 10
15 ÷ 5
10 ÷ 5
9÷5
6 ÷ 15
3.0
2.5
Frequency 2.0
Density
1.5
1.0
0.5
0
Time
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40

11. Distance
Frequency
0 < t < 20
2
20 < t < 40
4
40 < t < 50
5
50 < t < 70
12
70 < t < 100
9
Frequency
Density
0.1
0.2
0.5
0.6
0.3
2 ÷ 20
4 ÷ 20
5 ÷ 10
12 ÷ 20
9 ÷ 30
0.6
0.5
Frequency
Density
0.4
0.3
0.2
0.1
0
10
20
30
40
50
Distance
60
70
80
90
100

12. Remember for a histogram the:
Frequency is equal to the Area of the bar.
Frequency Density is equal to the Height of the bar.
0.5
?
1.25
?
0.8
?
15
8
Area = 15 x 0.5 = 7.5
Area = 1.25 x 8 = 10
20
Area = 20 x 0.8 = 16

13. Copy and complete the table.
Frequency = frequency density × width of interval
Frequency density
2.4
2.0
Time in
seconds
1.6
Frequency
Area
density × (frequency)
width
1.2
95 ≤ t < 105
0.4 × 10
4
0.8
105 ≤ t < 110
1.2 × 5
6
0.4
110 ≤ t < 115
1.4 × 5
7
115 ≤ t < 120
2.2 × 5
11
120 ≤ t < 135
0.4 × 15
6
0
95 100 105 110 115 120 125 130 135
Time in seconds

14. 1.0
0.8
Frequency
Density 0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
Frequency
0 < t < 40
4
40 < t < 80
8
80 < t < 100
16
100 < t <
12
120
120 < t <
12
140
160
Length
200
40 x 0.1
20 x 0.4
20 x 0.8
20 x 1.0
60 x 0.2
180
Distance

15. Review
Write a definition of each word below.
Include methods for calculating.
Data set
Frequency
Class interval
Frequency polygon
Midpoint
Class interval
Range
Histogram
Frequency diagram
Frequency density