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GUIDELINES FOR CREATING DATA DISPLAYS
Components of an Exemplary Frequency Table

Reference: Maryland Mathematics Content Standards (May 19, 2000), Indicator 4.8.2

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Components of a frequency table:

(1) Main title for the table
(2) Labels for the categories, the tallies, and the frequencies
(3) Descriptive labels that categorize items in the data set
(4) Tally marks that represent the sum of items in each category
(5) Numerical value for each frequency

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