Definition of Frequency distribution

1. Noun. A distribution of observed frequencies of occurrence of the values of a variable.

Generic synonyms: Distribution, Statistical Distribution
Category relationships: Statistics

Medical Definition of Frequency distribution

1. A statistical description of raw data in terms of the number or frequency of items characterised by each of a series or range of values of a continuous variable. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Frequency Distribution

frenzying
freon
freons
frequence
frequences
frequencies
frequency
frequency-response characteristic
frequency-response curve
frequency-shift keying
frequency analysis
frequency band
frequency channel
frequency curve
frequency distribution (current term)
frequency domain
frequency encoding
frequency modulation
frequency modulations
frequency multiplier
frequency multipliers
frequency of micturition
frequency of occurrence
frequency response
frequency shift keying
frequency spectrum
frequenin
frequent
frequent flier

Literary usage of Frequency distribution

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Introduction to the Theory of Statistics by George Udny Yule (1911)
"Graphical representation of the frequency-distribution—12.- Ideal frequency-distributions —13. The symmetrical distribution—14. ..."

2. Income in the United States, Its Amount and Distribution, 1909-1919 by National Bureau of Economic Research, Wesley Clair Mitchell, Willford Isbell King, Frederick Robertson Macaulay, Oswald Whitman Knauth (1922)
"CHAPTER 28 PARETO'S LAW AND THE GENERAL PROBLEM OF MATHEMATICALLY DESCRIBING THE frequency distribution OF INCOME The problem of formulating a mathematical ..."

3. Income in the United States, Its Amount and Distribution, 1909-1919 by National Bureau of Economic Research, Wesley Clair Mitchell, Willford Isbell King, Frederick Robertson Macaulay, Oswald Whitman Knauth (1922)
"CHAPTER 28 PARETO'S LAW AND THE GENERAL PROBLEM OF MATHEMATICALLY DESCRIBING THE frequency distribution OF INCOME The problem of formulating a mathematical ..."

4. Forecasting the Yield and the Price of Cotton by Henry Ludwell Moore (1917)
"We pass now to the development of the mathematical theory of correlation.1 A frequency distribution Statistical tables that show either the absolute or ..."

5. The Elements of Statistical Method by Willford Isbell King (1912)
"Comparison of frequency distribution of Two or More Groups of Data. 1. By simple frequency tables and histograms. This method is desirable when the aim is ..."

6. Introduction to Mathematical Statistics by Carl Joseph West (1918)
"In which of the exercises of Chapter 1 is the data in the frequency distribution form ? Plotting a frequency distribution. The illustrative data at the ..."

7. Sentencing in the Federal Courts: Does Race Matter?: The Transition to by Douglas Corry McDonald, Kenneth E Carlson (1994)
"... Figure 4.1 frequency distribution of imposed sentence length [tank ... frequency distribution ..."

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