Majors

Accounting
Accounting Frequency: The amount of times a particular category appears in a dataset
Accounting
Accounting Percent Frequency: What percentage of the total dataset a category makes up. Compu
Accounting dividing that categories frequency by the total amount of observations in the dataset.
Communications by definition should always be displayed as a percentage
Computer Science
Computer Science Relative Frequency: What ratio of the entire dataset a category makes up. Computatio
Computer Science equivalent to percent frequency, however this value should always be displayed as a d
Economics
Entrepreneur example: Compute the frequency, percent frequency, and relative frequency of "Mar
Entrepreneur
Entrepreneur Frequency: 17
Entrepreneur Percent Frequency: 16.19%
Entrepreneur Relative Frequency: 0.161904761904762
Entrepreneur
Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies we typically are not concern with computing the frequency of one specific category, b
Finance of every category so that we can compare and constrast them.
Finance
Finance To the end we can construct a frequency distribution
Finance
Finance Frequency distribution: a table that unique category that appears in the dataset side-b
Finance with the frequency of that category
Finance
Finance Example: Major Frequency
Hospitality Accounting 5 =COUNTIF(A1:A106,E28)
Hospitality Communications 1
Hospitality Computer Science 3
International Bus Economics 1
International Bus Entrepreneur 6
International Bus Environmental Studies 2
International Bus Finance 3
International Bus Hospitality 3
International Bus International Bus 10
International Bus Management 29
International Bus Marketing 17
International Bus Media Studies 1
International Bus Psychology 3
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Management Undeclared Business 10
Management Undeclared Science 4
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Management Thusfar, we have computed frequency 'by hand'
Management leet's learn a better way to compute it. We essentialy have excel compute it for us usin
Management
Management The function we use to compute function is '=countif'
Management =COUNTIF(range, criteria)
Management
Management Range: We need to tell Excel where our data is located.
Management To do this, we reference the first cell that contains our data, then type a colon (which
Management then we reference the last cell containing out data.
Management
Management Critieria: we need to tell Excel what categories we want it to compute the frequency o
Management we do this either typing the word in quotations, or refernce a cell that has a copy of th
Management
Management example: computing the frequency of "Marketing", using countif function
Management
Management Frequency 17 =COUNTIF(A1:A106,"Marketing")
Management
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Marketing
Media Studies
Psychology
Psychology
Psychology
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appears in a dataset

set a category makes up. Computed by

of observations in the dataset. This value

category makes up. Computationally

ould always be displayed as a decimal

and relative frequency of "Marketing"

ency of one specific category, but rather we want to examine to frequency

hat appears in the dataset side-by side

=COUNTIF(A1:A106,E28)
ave excel compute it for us using excel function.

data, then type a colon (which in ths context represents the word "through")

t it to compute the frequency of.

rnce a cell that has a copy of the word we want

ing countif function

Excel functions are excel equivalunct to math formula. They can be used whenever we want Excel to perform a spe
Excel has thousands of functions on it, and part of learning business statistics is learning about various functions an

to use an excel function, we begin a cell with an equal sign =, then we type the name of the function we wish to use
followed by an open parenthesis. We then enter the inputs that specific function needs, (SEPARARTE BY COMMAS)
a parenthesis.

In excel, copy pasting formula and function can be slightly odd.

when formula is copied, then pasted somewhere else in the document, any reference contained in the original form
want Excel to perform a specific computation for us
g about various functions and when and how to use.

f the function we wish to use,

s, (SEPARARTE BY COMMAS), before typing

ontained in the original formula is altered to match the new postion.

Accounting
Communications
Computer Science
Economics
Entrepreneur
Environmental Studies
Finance
Hospitality
International Bus
Management
Marketing
Media Studies
Psychology
Undeclared Art
Undeclared Business
Undeclared Science