By Team Aakash Byju's | 20th November 2022

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How to Find the Number of Classes in a Distribution?

A grouped frequency distribution table with classes of equal sizes using 63 - 72  (72 included) as one of the classes is constructed for the following data:

The number of classes in the distribution will be :

A) 7

B) 9

C) 11

D) 18

Detailed Explanation

The correct answer is B) 9

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Range = Highest value − Lowest value => Range = 112 − 14 = 98

From the given frequency distribution, find the range of the data points.

Thus, the number of classes in the given frequency distribution will be

Number of classes = (range of data points) ÷ (range of classes)

Number of classes  = 98 ÷ 10 = 9.8 ≈ 10