Question

frequency / relative frequency table
category name frequency relative frequency
rock 4 12.5%
religious 3 9.4%
country 7 21.9%
r & b 6 18.8%
pop 9 28.1%
easy listening 3 9.4%
total 32 100%
frequency measures the number of times a specific result occurs
relative frequency is a percentage that measures the frequency of an observation divided by the total number of observations.
when comparing distributions of different sizes, which measure is more appropriate? why?

Explanation:

Relative frequency is better as it standardizes by total, allowing fair comparison across different - sized distributions.

Answer:

Relative frequency. Because it standardizes for comparison.