Question

The number of times a particular score occurs in a data is called the _______ of that score.

• A. average
• B. frequency
• C. sum
• D. frequency table

Answer 1

The correct option is B frequency

Consider the following scores of data:

1, 5, 8, 8, 6, 6, 1, 8, 6, 8, 1, 8.

The number of times a particular score occurs in a data is called the frequency of that score.

1 occurs 3 times $\Rightarrow$ 3 is the frequency of 1
5 occurs 1 time $\Rightarrow$ 1 is the frequency of 5
6 occurs 3 times $\Rightarrow$ 3 is the frequency of 6
8 occurs 5 times $\Rightarrow$ 5 is the frequency of 8