Mathematics A-Level
Relative frequency and probability
What Relative frequency and probability means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Relative frequencies from data can estimate probabilities, and the shape of a histogram can suggest an underlying distribution.
Topics that use Relative frequency and probability
- L: Data presentation and interpretation (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Bivariate data
- Cleaning data
- Correlation
- Correlation and association
- Critique
- data cleaning
- Frequency density
- Histogram
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