frequency distribution
noun
: an arrangement of statistical data that exhibits the frequency of the occurrence of the values of a variable
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To observe the frequency distributions of the sentences, the Herald checked central tendency measures like medians, modes and standard deviations.
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Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Normally the frequency distribution of deleterious alleles is skewed toward the low end, presumably because purifying selection is constantly tamping down the upward fluctuations in frequency.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 26 Aug. 2011
Strong bottlenecks may be needed to drive wholesale extinction of once common alleles (or the fixation of those at moderate frequencies), but mild bottlenecks may nevertheless perturb the allele frequency distribution.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2013
Within limits Calculating these upper and lower bounds for different lakes produces a frequency distribution for both the upper and lower bounds of the precipitation needed to produce appropriately sized runoff events.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 21 Aug. 2020
Super pantries are high-volume, high-frequency distribution sites that have signed on to pass out food at least three times a week until Dec. 31.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2020
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Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Normally the frequency distribution of deleterious alleles is skewed toward the low end, presumably because purifying selection is constantly tamping down the upward fluctuations in frequency.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 26 Aug. 2011
Strong bottlenecks may be needed to drive wholesale extinction of once common alleles (or the fixation of those at moderate frequencies), but mild bottlenecks may nevertheless perturb the allele frequency distribution.
—Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 30 Sep. 2013
Within limits Calculating these upper and lower bounds for different lakes produces a frequency distribution for both the upper and lower bounds of the precipitation needed to produce appropriately sized runoff events.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 21 Aug. 2020
Super pantries are high-volume, high-frequency distribution sites that have signed on to pass out food at least three times a week until Dec. 31.
—Lyndsay Winkley, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2020
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