Frequency Polygon – Introduction – How to Draw a Frequency Polygon – Steps
Frequency Polygon
A frequency polygon is very similar to a histogram and represents the graphical form of data.
A frequency polygon is used to show a cumulative frequency distribution or compare to sets of data.
In a frequency polygon the number of observations is marked at the the midpoint of the interval with a single point, and a straight line connects each set of point.
Draw frequency polygons
First we begin with drawing histograms and follow the following steps:
Step 1:- Choose the class interval of each class and mark the values on horizontal axes.
Step 2:- Mark the mid value of each interval on the horizontal axes.
Calculate the class mark for each class interval. The formula for class mark is,
Class mark = (Upper limit + Lower limit)/2
Step 3:- Mark the frequency of the class on the vertical axes.
Step 4:- Corresponding to frequency of each class interval, mark a point at the height in the middle of the class interval.
Step 5:- Join all the plotted points using a line segment.
Step 6:- The resulting representation is a frequency polygon.