Statistics
FrequencyTable
compute the frequency table for a data sample
Calling Sequence
Parameters
Options
Description
Computation
Examples
References
Compatibility
FrequencyTable(A, options)
A
-
data sample
options
(optional) equation(s) of the form option=value where option is one of bins, headers, ignore, summarize, tableweights, or weights; specify options for the FrequencyTable function
The options argument can contain one or more of the options shown below. Some of these options are described in more detail in the Statistics[DescriptiveStatistics] help page.
bins : posint; If this option is set, every data range will be subdivided into the given number of equal subintervals. Note that each subinterval except for the last one is considered closed from the left and open from the right; the last subinterval in each range includes both endpoints. The default value of bins is 10 if only one range is given and 1 if multiple ranges are given.
headers : truefalse; If this option is set to true, the returned array contains the header information for each of the columns. The default is false.
ignore : truefalse; This option controls how missing data is handled by the FrequencyTable command. Missing items are represented by undefined or Float(undefined). So, if ignore=false and A contains missing data, most of the statistics command will yield undefined. If ignore=true all missing items in A will be ignored. The default value is false.
summarize : false or embed; Display an embedded summary table. The default is false.
tableweights : list(integer); Relative weights for the Table's columns' widths. By default all columns have equal weight.
weights : Vector of data weights. The number of elements in the weights array must be equal to the number of elements in the original data sample. By default all elements in A are assigned weight 1.
The FrequencyTable command computes the frequency table for the data set A. This is done by subdividing all data from A into the specified number of ranges of equal size and computing the number of observations falling in each range. The ranges are considered closed from the left and open from the right, the rightmost range is also closed from the right. The FrequencyTable command returns a 5-column Array. The first column contains the ranges. The remaining four columns contain the absolute frequency, the percentage, the cumulative frequency and the cumulative percentage of the data.
The first parameter A is the data set - such as a Vector.
All computations involving data are performed in floating-point; therefore, all data provided must have type realcons and all returned solutions are floating-point, even if the problem is specified with exact values.
For more information about computation in the Statistics package, see the Statistics[Computation] help page.
with⁡Statistics:
A≔Array⁡seq⁡nextprime⁡i,i=100..700
FrequencyTable⁡A
Try fewer bins.
FrequencyTable⁡A,bins=3,headers
Consider a data set with missing values.
B≔Array⁡seq⁡i,i=100..300,seq⁡undefined,i=1..100
FrequencyTable⁡B,bins=3
FrequencyTable⁡B,ignore=true
Try weighted data.
C≔Array⁡seq⁡i,i=20..30
C≔
W≔Array⁡10,20,30,40,50,60,70,80,90,100,110
W≔
The summarize option makes it possible to display an embedded table containing the results. Note that the embedded table is only for display and that the returned value of the FrequencyTable command is unchanged.
FrequencyTable⁡C,weights=W,headers,summarize=embed:
Range
`Absolute Frequency`
Percentage
`Cumulative Frequency`
`Cumulative Percentage`
20...21.
10.
1.51515151515151514
21...22.
20.
3.03030303030303028
30.
4.54545454545454586
22...23.
60.
9.09090909090909172
23...24.
40.
6.06060606060606055
100.
15.1515151515151523
24...25.
50.
7.57575757575757613
150.
22.7272727272727266
25...26.
210.
31.8181818181818166
26...27.
70.
10.6060606060606055
280.
42.4242424242424221
27...28.
80.
12.1212121212121211
360.
54.5454545454545396
28...29.
90.
13.6363636363636349
450.
68.1818181818181728
29...30.
660.
FrequencyTable⁡C,weights=W
The tableweights option controls the width of columns in an embedded table.
interface⁡displayprecision=4:
FrequencyTable⁡C,weights=W,headers,summarize=embed,tableweights=4,2,2,2,2:
20.0000..21.0000
10.0000
1.5152
21.0000..22.0000
20.0000
3.0303
30.0000
4.5455
22.0000..23.0000
60.0000
9.0909
23.0000..24.0000
40.0000
6.0606
100.0000
15.1515
24.0000..25.0000
50.0000
7.5758
150.0000
22.7273
25.0000..26.0000
210.0000
31.8182
26.0000..27.0000
70.0000
10.6061
280.0000
42.4242
27.0000..28.0000
80.0000
12.1212
360.0000
54.5455
28.0000..29.0000
90.0000
13.6364
450.0000
68.1818
29.0000..30.0000
660.0000
Stuart, Alan, and Ord, Keith. Kendall's Advanced Theory of Statistics. 6th ed. London: Edward Arnold, 1998. Vol. 1: Distribution Theory.
The headers option was introduced in Maple 2015.
For more information on Maple 2015 changes, see Updates in Maple 2015.
The summarize option was introduced in Maple 2016.
For more information on Maple 2016 changes, see Updates in Maple 2016.
The Statistics[FrequencyTable] command was updated in Maple 2019.
The tableweights option was introduced in Maple 2019.
For more information on Maple 2019 changes, see Updates in Maple 2019.
See Also
Statistics[Computation]
Statistics[DescriptiveStatistics]
Statistics[Tally]
Statistics[TallyInto]
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