What Does Cumulative Frequency Mean?

Cumulative frequency analysis is the analysis of the frequency of occurrence of values of a phenomenon less than a reference value. The phenomenon may be time- or space-dependent. Cumulative frequency is also called frequency of non-exceedance.

What does cumulative frequency tell you?

Cumulative frequency is used to determine the number of observations that lie above (or below) a particular value in a data set. The cumulative frequency is calculated using a frequency distribution table, which can be constructed from stem and leaf plots or directly from the data.

What is cumulative frequency example?

The cumulative frequency of a value of a variable is the number of values in the collection of data less than or equal to the value of the variable. For example: Let the raw data be 2, 10, 18, 25, 15, 16, 15, 3, 27, 17, 15, 16. The cumulative frequency of 15 = 6 (Since, values ≤ 15 are 2, 10, 15, 15, 3, 15).