relative frequency

noun

, Statistics.

1. the ratio of the number of times an event occurs to the number of occasions on which it might occur in the same period.

relative frequency

noun

1. 1. the ratio of the actual number of favourable events to the total possible number of events; often taken as an estimate of probability
   2. the proportion of the range of a random variable taking a given value or lying in a given interval

Example Sentences

Yet despite the fact that adoption failure happens with relative frequency, it remains one of our great unspoken taboos.

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About the relative frequency of such abuses, we shall have something to say at a subsequent place.

From Project Gutenberg

From these figures, which are approximately correct, you will see the relative frequency of the various modes of differencing.

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We are here concerned with the relative frequency of genera and species.

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Consider for a moment the relative frequency of suicide with reference to the ethnic composition of France.

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The relative frequency of these different modes of reaction would be a difficult matter to determine.

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