Define the following terms:

(i) Observations
(ii) data
(iii) Frequency of an observation
(iv) Frequency distribution

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(i) Observation is the active acquisition of information from a primary source.
(ii) A collection of facts such as values and measurements are called data.
(iii) Number of times an observation has occurred in a given data.
(iv) A frequency distribution is an arrangement of instances in which a variable takes each of its possible values. A frequency distribution depicts a summarised grouping of data divided into mutually exclusive classes and the number of occurrences in those classes.

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Define the following terms: (i) Observations (ii) data (iii) Frequency of an observation (iv) Frequency distribution

Define the following terms:

(i) Observations
(ii) data
(iii) Frequency of an observation
(iv) Frequency distribution