Question

what is class interval. ?

Answer 1

class interval means 10-20 20-30 etc.., are the class intervals

Answer 2

cClass interval refers to the numerical width of any class in a particular distribution.
Class Interval= Upper Class limit – Lower class limit

 

In statistics, the data is arranged into different classes and the width of such class is called class interval. Class intervals are generally equal in width but this might not be the case always.

Also, they are generally mutually exclusive. Class Intervals are very useful in drawing histograms.

 

For example the following are the data of ages of a randomly selected population of 10 people

 

8, 19, 58, 35, 45, 12, 6, 13, 18, 47

 

Then they are grouped as follows: 

Class

Frequency

0-10

2

10-20

4

20-30

0

30-40

1

40-50

2

50-60

1

60 and above

0

 

Here, class interval is 10-0=20-10=30-20= 10

In firs row, upper limit=10, lower limit= 0, class width= 10-0=10.


The grouping can be done differently with different class intervals also.


Hence, this concludes the definition of Class Interval along with its overview.