the function of the distribution of a sample corresponding to the probability density function of the underlying population and tending to it as the sample size increases, the set of relative frequencies of sample points falling within given intervals of the range of the random variable
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fre′quency distribu′tion, [Statistics.]
- Statisticsthe correspondence of a set of frequencies with the set of categories, intervals, or values into which a population is classified.
- 1890–95
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'frequency distribution' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
chi-square test
- contingency table
- dispersion
- first quartile
- histogram
- interquartile range
- kurtosis
- leptokurtic
- median
- mode
- normal distribution
- ogive
- platykurtic
- quartile
- skewness
- standard deviation
- third quartile
- variance
- weight