Relative and Cumulative Frequency Distributions

3 important questions on Relative and Cumulative Frequency Distributions

What is a relative frequency? And why is it called Relative?

The %  of the (whole) data set that falls in a class. They call it Relative because the it is not an absolute value, it is express in terms of a percentage which is a a value relative to the whole.
An absolute value of 10 might not tell you much, but 10 percent tells you something about how that value relates to whole.

What is a cumulative frequency?

It is defined as the sum of a frequency for a class & all previous classes.

What is the purpose of Cumulative Frequency?

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