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Frequency Distribution:

A frequency distribution is a tabular summary of a set of data showing the frequency (or number) of items in each of several non-overlapping classes (or bins). This definition is applicable to both quantitative and categorical (qualitative) data. For quantitative data, the classes are typically contiguous and of equal width.

See also: Cumulative frequency distribution, Relative frequency distribution, Cumulative relative frequency distribution

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