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CUMULATIVE DISTRIBUTION FREQUENCIES [2 records]

Record 1 2000-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
DEF

... distribution [in which] the frequencies of the successive class intervals are accumulated, beginning at either end of the distribution.

OBS

If the cumulation process is from the lesser to the greater, it is referred to as a "lesser than" type of distribution; if the cumulation proceeds from the greater to the lesser it is known as a "more than" type of distribution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
DEF

Distribution statistique obtenue en faisant correspondre à chaque valeur de la variable le nombre d'observations inférieures ou égales à cette valeur.

CONT

Exemple : Considérons la distribution : 1 5 9 13 17 21. On obtiendra la distribution cumulée suivante : 1 6 15 28 45 66.

OBS

La répartition de la population peut être exprimée en terme relatif par exemple en pourcentage, en fraction ou en terme absolu. Le résultat est appelé distribution de fréquences.

Key term(s)
  • distribution cumulative de fréquences
  • disposition cumulative de fréquences

Spanish

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Record 2 1991-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys
DEF

The cumulative-frequency distribution of a sample is a table giving for each value of the variate, the number of observations which do not exceed this value.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)

Spanish

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