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FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION CHART [3 records]

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Record 1 2017-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
OBS

frequency distribution chart : term extracted from the "Glossaire de l'économie" and reproduced with the permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

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

graphique de distribution de fréquences : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l'économie» et reproduit avec l'autorisation de l'Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
  • Mathematics
DEF

The relationship between the values of a characteristic and their frequencies or their relative frequencies.

OBS

The distribution may be graphically presented as a histogram, bar chart, cumulative frequency polygon, or as a two-way table.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Relation entre les valeurs d'un caractère et leurs effectifs ou leurs fréquences.

OBS

La distribution peut être présentée graphiquement sous la forme d'un histogramme, d'un diagramme en bâtons, d'un polygone d'effectif cumulé ou d'une table d'effectifs à double entrée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Métodos estadísticos
  • Matemáticas
DEF

Valores reales de una muestra representados gráficamente por un histograma o recogidos en una tabla. Nos dice la frecuencia de cada valor, o más normalmente de cada intervalo de valores de una variable.

OBS

Esta distribución es una aproximación a la distribución de probabilidades de esa variable.

OBS

distribución de frecuencias; distribución estadística: términos, definición y observación extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 3 1979-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
CONT

A symmetrical distribution means that the middle class has the highest frequency and that the frequencies above the middle class of the distribution exactly correspond to the frequencies below the middle class. If the frequency distribution is shown by a bar chart(histogram) or a line chart(frequency polygon), a vertical line through the mid-point of the middle class may divide the graph into two perfect identical halves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
CONT

On rencontre en pratique quelques types fondamentaux simples de distributions: (...) En premier lieu, les distributions symétriques dans lesquelles les effectifs ou les fréquences décroissent vers zéro symétriquement de part et d'autre d'un maximum central.

Key term(s)
  • courbe symétrique

Spanish

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