EMATH 214 – ENGINEERING DATA ANALYSIS

ACTIVITY NO. 3
FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION

Name: Guzman, Catherine V. Section: II-A

PROBLEM:

A test administered to a math class of 50 students resulted in the following scores.

Required:

1. Range
2. Class size
3. Class intervals
4. Class marks
5. Grouped frequency distribution

Solution:

1. Range (R)

R = HIGHEST SCORE – LOWEST SCORE

R = 92 – 30

R = 62

2. Class size (ί)

𝑹𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆
ί=
𝑪𝒍𝒂𝒔𝒔 𝑰𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒍𝒔
62
ί=
13

ί = 4.76 or ί = 5

3. Class intervals Let’s use 13 as our class interval.

4. Class marks

Since the class size (ί) is 5, all the lower limits must be multiple of 5. The lower class interval
should include the lowest score while the highest class interval must contain the highest score.

In finding the class marks of the class intervals, we can use this formula:
𝑳𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕 + 𝑯𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑳𝒊𝒎𝒊𝒕
Class mark = 𝟐

Class Intervals Solving Class Mark Class Mark

90 – 94 𝟗𝟎 + 𝟗𝟒 92
𝟐
85 – 89 𝟖𝟓 + 𝟖𝟗 87
𝟐
80 – 84 𝟖𝟎 + 𝟖𝟒 82
𝟐
75 – 79 𝟕𝟓 + 𝟕𝟗 77
𝟐
70 – 74 𝟕𝟎 + 𝟕𝟒 72
𝟐
65 – 69 𝟔𝟓 + 𝟔𝟗 67
𝟐
60 – 64 𝟔𝟎 + 𝟔𝟒 62
𝟐
55 – 59 𝟓𝟓 + 𝟓𝟗 57
𝟐
50 – 54 𝟓𝟎 + 𝟓𝟒 52
𝟐
45 – 49 𝟒𝟓 + 𝟒𝟗 47
𝟐
40 – 44 𝟒𝟎 + 𝟒𝟒 42
𝟐
35 – 39 𝟑𝟓 + 𝟑𝟗 37
𝟐
30 – 34 𝟑𝟎 + 𝟑𝟒 32
𝟐

5. Grouped frequency distribution

Class Intervals Class Mark Tally Marks Frequency

90 – 94 92 IIII 4
85 – 89 87 IIII 4
80 – 84 82 IIII 4
75 – 79 77 III 3
70 – 74 72 IIIII 5
65 – 69 67 II 2
60 – 64 62 IIIII 5
55 – 59 57 I 1
50 – 54 52 IIII 4
45 – 49 47 IIIIII 6
40 – 44 42 IIII 4
35 – 39 37 IIII 4
30 - 34 32 IIII 4
TOTAL 50