"frequency distribution" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: frequency distributions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} frequency distribution (plural frequency distributions)
  1. (statistics) a structured representation that summarizes how often values or categories occur within a dataset by organizing quantitative data into class intervals and categorizing qualitative data into distinct groups, thus revealing patterns, trends, and distributions, often showed in a list, table, or graph that displays the frequency of various outcomes in a sample.
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