The following are the ages of 300 patients getting medical treatment in a hospital on a particular day:
Age (in years) | 10 - 20 | 20 - 30 | 30 - 40 | 40 - 50 | 50 - 60 | 60 - 70 |
Number of patients | 60 | 42 | 55 | 70 | 53 | 20 |
Form a 'less than type' cumulative frequency distribution.
In a ‘less than type’ cumulative frequency distribution, upper limit of the classes are considered.
It is given by,
AGE(in years) | CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY(Cf) |
Less than 20 | 60 |
Less than 30 | 102 |
Less than 40 | 157 |
Less than 50 | 227 |
Less than 60 | 280 |
Less than 70 | 300 |