Mathematics GCSE
frequency tree
What frequency tree means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of frequency tree
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Reference: AQA
An organisational tool that records the same information across successive stages, where each branch records a count and the branch counts at each stage sum to the total entering that stage.
Topics that use frequency tree
- Probability (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- analysis
- Combined experiments
- Equally likely events
- Equally likely outcomes
- expected outcomes
- frequency table
- Independent and dependent events
- Independent combined events
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