Construction of Continuous Frequency Distribution

No. of
Students Class
Marks Interval Marks
0-10 5 10 0-10
10--20 20 10 10--20
20-30 26 10 20-30
30-40 8 10 30-40
40-50 15 10 40-50

Class Limits: L2 & L1 (i) Find out class interval of ea

U.L. & L.L. (ii) Mid value of ecah class
(iii) Frequency for the class 30
Class Interval or Class Width: I = L2-L1 (iv) Lower & Upper limit of ea
i = U.L. - L.L.

Mid Value:
M.V.= (L2+L1)/2

Class Frequency: No. of obseravtions corrosponding to a particular class is known as frequency of that class.

Que: If the class mid-points in a frequency distribution of a group of persons are:

125 132 139 146 153 160 167 174 181

Find:
1. Size of class interval 7
2. Class limits or class boundries.

Note: The difference of two subsequent mid values is called class interval.

7
L1 L2
128.5 3.5 132 3.5 135.5
Types of Class Interval
1. Exclusive Class Interval
2. Inclusive Class Interval

Exclusive Class Interval: Inclusive Class Interval:

No. of
Marks Students Marks Students
0-10 5 0-9 5
10--20 8 20 Marks 10--19 7 20-19=1 1/2=0.5
20-30 12 20-29 4
30-40 3 30-39 12
40-50 1 40-49 6
ency Distribution

No. of Students M.V.

5 5
8 15
12 25
3 35
1 45

(i) Find out class interval of each class

(ii) Mid value of ecah class
(iii) Frequency for the class 30-40
(iv) Lower & Upper limit of each class.

requency of that class.

Class Mid Value Class Interval

(121.5-128.5) 125 7
(128.5-135.5) 132 7

L.L. (L1) = Mid value - i/2

U.L. (L2) = Mid value + i/2
Exclusive Class Interval
Marks Students
-0.5-9.5 5
9.5-19.5 7
19.5-29.5 4
29.5-39.5 12
39.5-49.5 6