The Journal of Finance made its content available on the Internet starting in July of 2005. The table below shows the number of times a monthly version was downloaded and the number of articles that were viewed during each month. Suppose you wish to make a frequency distribution of the number of downloads.
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312
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2,753
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2,595
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6,057
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7,624
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6,624
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6,362
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6,575
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7,760
|
7,085
|
7,272
|
|
5,967
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5,256
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6,160
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6,238
|
6,709
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7,193
|
5,631
|
6,490
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6,682
|
7,829
|
7,091
|
|
6,871
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6,230
|
7,253
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5,507
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5,676
|
6,974
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6,915
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4,999
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5,689
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6,143
|
7,086
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a. How many classes would you propose?
b. What class interval would you suggest?
c. What quantity would you use for the lower limit of the initial class?
d. Using your responses to parts (a), (b), and (c), create a frequency distribution.
e. Identify the appearance of the frequency distribution.