重学Statistics, Cha2 Descriptive Statistics (Categorical and Quantitative Data)

2.1 Summary Categorical Data 

Frequency Distribution： 

A frequency distribution is a tabular summary of data showing the number (frequency) of items in each of several nonoverlapping classes.

Relative Frequency： 

Relative frequency of a class = Frequency of the class / n

2.2 Summarizing Quantitative Data

1. Determine the number of non overlapping classes. (5 -20)  问：怎么科学地决定多少个？

2. Determine the width of each class.

Approximate class width = (largest data value - smallest data value) / Number of classes

3. Determine the class limits 决定最大值和最小值.