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First check whether your data are frequencies or measurements. Frequencies always takes the form of counts and relate to a classification. They do not have any unit of measurement. For example, you might have data for the numbers of butchers, bakers and candlestick makers in a group of towns, or the numbers of students with the grades A, B, and C in an examination.
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© 1985 T. J. Browne and R. B. G. Williams
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Browne, T.J., Williams, R.G.B. (1985). How do I know what kind of data I have got?. In: Statcalc. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-08152-3_7
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