57
61
50
54
54
54
56
54
61
54
48
49
42
51
61

57
68
65
50
51
60
52

57
51
52
47
56
62
69

58
49
56
55
55
43
64

57
64
46
55
51
55
46


Before you can make a frequency table, you need to decide how to set up the age intervals. What is the BEST way to group these ages into six intervals?

Respuesta :

I would look through the numbers to determine their range. It appears to me to be 42 to 69. This suggests a frequency table with numbers 40 to 70, a range easily divided into 6 parts.

Since the width of each group will be (70 -40)/6 = 5, you have to decide on the group boundaries. It might work well to subtract 1/2 from the numbers 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, 65 to define the boundary. That way, for the integers given, you have
.. group 1 = 40 ≤ age < 45
.. group 2 = 45 ≤ age < 50
.. group 3 = 50 ≤ age < 55
.. group 4 = 55 ≤ age < 60
.. group 5 = 60 ≤ age < 65
.. group 6 = 65 ≤ age < 70