Steps in Constructing a Frequency

Distribution:
1.Determine the range R of the data.
2.Calculate the class size by dividing the
range by the desired number of classes.
(usually from 5 15 classes depending on
the number of observations
!."et up the classes starting #ith the lo#est
value or a value smaller than the smallest
value.
$.%ally the data. (this column should not be
included in the final table
5."ummarize the tally under the fre&uency
column.
'.Determine the class mar(s) class
boundaries) cumulative fre&uencies and
*relative fre&uency for an e+panded
fre&uency distribution.