Why Are Unequal Class Intervals Sometimes Used in a Frequency

question 120

Multiple Choice

Why are unequal class intervals sometimes used in a frequency distribution?

• A) To avoid a large number of empty classes
• B) For the sake of variety in presenting the data
• C) To make the class frequencies smaller
• D) To avoid the need for midpoints

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