frequency polygon

American

noun

Statistics.

a frequency curve consisting of connected line segments formed by joining the midpoints of the upper edges of the rectangles in a histogram whose class intervals are of uniform length.

Etymology

Origin of frequency polygon

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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We will construct an overlay frequency polygon comparing the scores from Example 2.12 with the students’ final numeric grades.

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We will construct an overlay frequency polygon comparing the scores from Example 2.11 with the students’ final numeric grade.

From Textbooks • Nov. 29, 2017

Construct a frequency polygon from the frequency distribution for the 50 highest ranked countries for depth of hunger.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

A frequency polygon was constructed from the frequency table below.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

A frequency polygon can also be used when graphing large data sets with data points that repeat.

From Textbooks • Sep. 19, 2013

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