Marginal Relative Frequencies

Definition

Marginal relative frequencies refer to the proportion or percentage of a specific category in relation to the total number of observations. It shows the distribution of one categorical variable independently.

Analogy

Imagine you have a bag of different colored candies. The marginal relative frequency is like looking at each color individually and seeing how many there are compared to the total number of candies in the bag.

Related terms

Joint Relative Frequencies: The proportion or percentage of two categories occurring together out of the total number of observations.

Conditional Relative Frequencies: The proportion or percentage of one category given another category, calculated by dividing joint relative frequencies by marginal relative frequencies.

Two-Way Tables: A table that displays data for two categorical variables, showing their joint and marginal relative frequencies.