frequency table
nounUK /ˈfriː.kwən.si ˌteɪ.bəl/
US /ˈfriː.kwən.si ˌteɪ.bəl/
A frequency table is a chart that shows how many times each thing happens.
The class made a frequency table to count how many students like each color.
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2. In statistics, a table listing values or categories alongside the number of times each occurs in a data set.
The researcher built a frequency table to summarize the survey responses.
3. A table used in quality control that records how often defects or events occur.
The factory posted a frequency table of machine errors each week.
4. A table showing how often a word or phrase appears in a text.
The frequency table showed that 'the' was the most common word in the passage.