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- #<frequency polygons#
- @atGraphic 2,2
- @Picture datahand\h0306int.bmp
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- @definition
- @at 90,19
- #bFrequency polygons# are
- another way of displaying
- #hfrequency distributions#
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-
- @at 10,
- They are drawn by taking a histogram of a
- frequency distribution and joining the mid-points
- of the rectangles with straight lines.
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-
- '@at ,+10
- '(#pFrequency distributions# are used to organise
- 'raw data. A frequency distribution shows the
- 'number of times a particular item of raw data
- 'occurs.)
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- @prompt
- @At 10,95
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- @keyPoint 817,draw and label the histogram axes
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- #bKey Step One#
- '@at ,+2
- #K817,*draw and label the histogram axes#
- @atgraphic 50, 140
- @Picture datahand\h0306axe.bmp
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- @prompt
- @keyPoint 818,plot the data
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- #bKey Step Two#
- '@at ,+2
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- #K818,*Plot the data#
- @atgraphic 50, 140
- @Picture datahand\h0306plt.bmp
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- @prompt
- @keyPoint 819,mark the mid point of each group
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- #bKey Step Three#
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- #K819,*mark the mid point of each group#
- @atgraphic 50, 140
- @Picture datahand\h0306mid.bmp
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- @prompt
- @keyPoint 820,*join up all the mid points with straight lines
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- #bKey Step Four#
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- #K820,join up all the mid points with#
- #K820,straight lines#
- @atgraphic 50, 140
- @Picture datahand\h0306jn.bmp
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- @prompt
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- @keyPoint 9999,comparing frequency polygons
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- #bcomparing frequency polygons#
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- You can compare two sets of data by drawing
- their frequency polygons on the same graph.
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- @Wait 0.5
- @At ,+5
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- To do this, you must first plot the two sets of
- data, then compare the shapes of the polygons.
- You should try to describe where the shapes
- of the polygons differ and what this means.
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- @Wait 0.75
- @At ,+5
- For example, here the graphs are similar in
- shape, but the trend for 1995 shows a reduction
- in the amount of meet eaten per household.
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- @prompt
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- @keyPoint 9999,summary
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- #bSummary#
- @Wait 0.75
- @At ,+4
- To draw a frequency polygon from a set of data:
- @Wait 0.75
- @At ,+4
- * #^#K817,*draw and label the histogram axes#
- @Wait 0.75
- @At ,+4
- * #T#K818,*plot the data#
- @Wait 0.75
- @At ,+4
- * #T#K819,*mark the mid point of each group#
- @Wait 0.75
- @At ,+4
- * #T#K820,join up all the mid points with#
- #T#K820,with straight lines#
- @Wait 0.75
- @At ,+4
- You can compare two sets of data by drawing
- their frequency polygons on the same graph.
-
- on the same graph.
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