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Part 1: Interpreting Frequency Tables

McKee and Ptacek (2001) asked 90 college students about a time they had “delivered bad news” to someone. The table below shows the results for the type of bad news given. Using the data that follow, answer the questions listed after the table.

Descriptive Statistics for Type of News Given
Category	Frequency	Percentage
1. Relationship with Family	19	21.1
2. School	1	1.1
3. Job/work	6	6.7
4. Relationship with girlfriend/boyfriend	17	18.9
5. Personal health	1	1.1
6. Finance	1	1.1
7. Relationship with friends	21	23.3
8. Health of family member or friend	23	25.6
9. Other	1	1.1
Totals	90	100

a. Explain the idea of a frequency table to a person who has never had a course in statistics.

b. Explain the general meaning of the pattern of results.

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