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Definition of Absolute frequency

1. Noun. The number of observations in a given statistical category.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Absolute Frequency

Literary usage of Absolute frequency

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mathematical theory of probabilities and its application to frequency by Arne Fisher (1922)
"As already mentioned in paragraph 54, in general in N such sets we shall obtain N different values of a, denoting the absolute frequency of the event ..."

2. Epilepsy-- its symptoms, treatment, and relation to other chronic convulsive by John Russell Reynolds (1861)
"... catamenial phenomena and the epileptic ; viz. the influence of external physical conditions upon the animal organism. absolute frequency of attacks of ..."

3. The Theory of Knowledge: A Contribution to Some Problems of Logic and by Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse (1896)
"Hence closeness of connection depends (a) on the proportion of identical conditions, and (0) on the absolute frequency of those which do not coincide.1 This ..."

4. A Text-book of Physics: Including a Collection of Examples and Questions by William Watson (1920)
"In this case again, as in fact in all cases, the ear recognises this relation between two notes whatever be the absolute frequency of the notes. ..."

5. A Text-book of Physics by John Henry Poynting, Joseph John Thomson (1906)
"... it would probably be as good as any other instrument for the determination of absolute frequency. 01234 64 will have frequencies n, n + 4, n + 2x4, ..."

6. A Text-book of Physics by Louis Bevier Spinney (1911)
"x | = f, since the ratio of the frequency of g' to that of c' is equal to |. The absolute frequency of d" in this scale is given by $ X 384 = 576. ..."

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