What term describes the numbers of cases in specific categories?

• A. Frequency data
• B. Class intervals
• C. Coding
• D. Deviations

Answer: (A)

The main idea is counting how many observations fall into each category. The numbers of cases in specific categories are frequency data because they show how often each category occurs. This is what you use to build a frequency distribution or table that lists each category with its count. For example, tallying how many participants belong to each diagnostic category gives you the frequency data. Class intervals would come into play when grouping continuous measurements into ranges, not when tallying counts per category. Coding is about assigning labels or numbers to categories, while deviations describe how far a value is from a reference value, not the overall counts per category.