The Sturges rule for determining the number of classes (n) in a frequency distribution with total frequency N is
A
n = 1 + 2.3108 N
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B
N = 1 + 3.3108 N
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C
n = 1 + 3.3 log N
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D
n = 1 - 3.3 log N
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Solution
The correct option is D n = 1 + 3.3 log N Sturges rule is a rule for determining the desirable number of groups into which a distribution of observations should be classified; the number of groups of classes is 1 + 3.3 log n , where is the number of observations.