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Construct a frequency distribution
Frequency distributions are graphs with the score on the X-axis and the frequency count on the Y–axis.

To estimate how many shoes of different sizes you need in order not to go broke, you would take a large randomly selected sample of men (usually > 120) and measure their feet.

Types of Frequency Distributions:
Frequency distributions have different characteristics depending on whether the data are nominal vs. ordinal or measurement.

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