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Question: What do you mean by Cumulative Frequency ?

Answer:

Mark
Frequency
Cumulative Frequency

0
0
0
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
2
5
4
3
8
5
5
13
6
7
20
7
6
26
8
4
30
9
3
33
10
2
35

In the tables the second column shows the number of students scoring 0,1,2, ….10 marks in a test. The third column has been obtained by adding up the frequencies in the second column.

So, for example, 26 students had a mark of 7 or less. 26 is the cumulative frequency corresponding to 7 marks. Cumulative frequencies can be shown graphically. This type of graph is sometimes called an ogive.