How can i make a frequency table on the number of hours i use to do things on an average day?

Question

im supposed to make a frequency table and i dont know how to make one so that people will look at it and know what i spend my hours doing. pleez help!

Answer 1

The x-axis (horizontal axis) will simply have bins, or partitions, that will have nothing to do with anything else on the x-axis. Make an axis and mark off 1" sections. In section 1 simply write "Sleeping" below the line. In section 2 write, "eating". In section 3 write, "talking with friends". You get the idea. Have a section for each of the things that you do. For a simple frequency table it does not matter what order the 'things' are in/

The Y-axis will be labled "Minutes", and it will start at zero minutes (at the place where X and Y axes cross). Look at your list of times. What is the most time you spent doing anything (it's probably sleeping at about 480 minutes). Round that number up to the nearest 100 minute interval and that will be the largest number on your Y-axis.

Now... for each 'thing', make a bar in that section that goes up to the number of minutes you did that 'thing'. You can have space in between the bars, or have them touch each other. You can make each bar a separate color, or have them all be black (but color makes it easier to read).

One more thing... what you made is a frequency chart, also called a histogram. If you put all the 'things' in order from the highest time to the lowest time that would also be a histogram, but it has a special name: Pareto Chart

Here is a link to the same stuff I said:
http://www.isixsigma.com/library/content/c010527c.asp

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