Question:
The following data gives the number of children in 40 families:
1, 2, 6, 5, 1, 5, 1, 3, 2, 6, 2, 3, 4, 2, 0, 4, 4, 3, 2, 2, 0, 0, 1, 2, 2, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, 5, 1, 2, 4, 3, 4, 1, 6, 2, 2.
Represent it in the form of a frequency distribution.
Solution:
Arranging the dates in ascending order, we get:
0, 0 ,0 , 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2,2,2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6
There are:
4 families with no children
7 families with 1 child
12 families with 2 children
5 families with 3 children
6 families with 4 children
3 families with 5 children
3 families with 6 children
The frequency distribution table for the above data can be generated as below:
