Define Tally marks.
Topic: Collection & Organization of Data
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Tally Marks: How would you like your room? Messy or everything cleaned and properly placed? Cleaned, Right? The same is with numbers. Suppose you want to note down the favourite flavours of all your classmates. It is possible that two or more of your friends like the same flavour. How can you make this messy collection into an organized one? Just as you organise your wardrobe!
Think of these flavours of ice-creams as your clothes – shirts, trousers, t-shirts, jeans etc. You keep one type of clothes together and the other in another section. In the same way, you can organize your work. This organization in a particular section is the basis of tally marks and frequency distribution. Let’s get familiar with tally marks and frequency distribution.
Think of these flavours of ice-creams as your clothes – shirts, trousers, t-shirts, jeans etc. You keep one type of clothes together and the other in another section. In the same way, you can organize your work. This organization in a particular section is the basis of tally marks and frequency distribution. Let’s get familiar with tally marks and frequency distribution.
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Tally marks are a type of unary counting method which are used for the purpose of counting scores or results of some ongoing games.
* Helps to indicate the number of repetitions of any data.
* None of the previous data are erased and it helps in forming a good idea about the trend in the data.
* It is a precursor to the formation of the frequency distribution table.
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