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Frequency analysis

Frequency analysis is a fundamental descriptive technique that tallies how often each distinct value or category appears in a dataset. It produces absolute counts, relative percentages, and cumulative frequencies, giving an immediate picture of how observations are distributed across categories. It is the natural first step when exploring categorical or discrete variables before applying inferential tests.

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Frequency Analysis
Taxonomic method record · hypothesis-test / statistics
  • Field, A. (2013). Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics (4th ed.). SAGE. · ISBN 978-1446249185
  • Agresti, A. (2007). An Introduction to Categorical Data Analysis (2nd ed.). Wiley. · ISBN 978-0471226185
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Used in the same domainBinomial Testmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Taxonomic bucketCross-tabulation analysismachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.Same method familyDescriptive Statisticsmachine-suggested · Relational suggestion, not evidence.

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