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Name: Sampling and Data: Frequency, Relative Frequency, and Cumulative Frequency
ID: m16012
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module introduces the concepts of frequency, relative frequency, and cumulative relative frequency, and the relationship between these measures. Students will have the opportunity to interpret data through the sample problems provided.
Subject: Mathematics and Statistics
Keywords: cumulative, frequency, relative, statistics
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: Susan Dean (deansusan@deanza.edu), Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D. (illowskybarbara@deanza.edu)
Copyright Holders: Maxfield Foundation (cnx@cnx.org)
Maintainers: Susan Dean (deansusan@deanza.edu), Barbara Illowsky, Ph.D. (illowskybarbara@deanza.edu), Connexions (cnx@cnx.org)
Latest version: 1.16 (history)
First publication date: Apr 1, 2008 12:04 pm GMT-5
Last revision to module: Mar 26, 2009 7:49 pm GMT-5
Module XML: m16012_1.16.cnxml

Version History

Version: 1.16 Mar 26, 2009 7:49 pm GMT-5 by Susan Dean
Changes: 
Sampling and Data: Frequency, Relative Frequency, and Cumulative Frequency: For data value 5, corrected the relative frequency to read 6/20 or 0.30.
Version: 1.15 Feb 19, 2009 5:38 pm US/Central by Susan Dean
Changes: 
 Sampling and Data: Frequency, Relative Frequency, and Cumulative Frequency:  Updated glossary items.
Version: 1.14 Jan 16, 2009 7:50 pm US/Central by Susan Dean
Changes: 
Sampling and Data: Frequency, Relative Frequency, and Cumulative Frequency:  No changes.
Version: 1.13 Jan 7, 2009 7:39 pm US/Central by Susan Dean
Changes: 
In the tables, corrected a misspelling of "relative"  and changed "cumulative frequency" to cumulative relative frequency."
Version: 1.12 Oct 27, 2008 8:04 pm GMT-5 by James Cooper
Changes: 
roles updated
Version: 1.11 Aug 20, 2008 11:17 am GMT-5 by Jonathan Emmons
Changes: 
Corrected errors (see m17360 for details)
Version: 1.10 Jul 14, 2008 11:51 am GMT-5 by Connexions
Changes: 
image review
Version: 1.9 Jul 9, 2008 4:02 am GMT-5 by Connexions
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Post review edits
Version: 1.8 Jul 8, 2008 10:51 pm GMT-5 by Connexions
Changes: 
post review edits
Version: 1.7 Jul 3, 2008 11:35 am GMT-5 by Connexions
Changes: 
post review updates
Version: 1.6 Jun 26, 2008 4:53 pm GMT-5 by Jonathan Emmons
Changes: 
Roles changed
Version: 1.5 May 22, 2008 9:31 am GMT-5 by Uchenna Anyikam
Changes: 
Fixed Glossary Items
Version: 1.4 Apr 29, 2008 3:49 pm GMT-5 by Jonathan Emmons
Changes: 
Updated metadata
Version: 1.3 Apr 24, 2008 11:31 am GMT-5 by Jonathan Emmons
Changes: 
Updated MathML fractions for accessibility purposes
Version: 1.2 Apr 22, 2008 10:57 am GMT-5 by Uchenna Anyikam
Changes: 
Cnxorg added as maintainer
Version: 1.1 Apr 18, 2008 4:28 pm GMT-5 by Uchenna Anyikam
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