frequency table
What frequency table means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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A structured table in which each outcome is recorded and tallied as it occurs, with a clearly labelled outcome column and a running total.
A way to organise raw data by defining categories and using a tally chart to count the items in each.
Topics that use frequency table
- Probability (AQA GCSE)
- Statistics (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- analysis
- bias
- box plot
- choosing an average
- Combined experiments
- Continuous Data
- correlation and causation
- Cumulative frequency graph
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