In a data set, what would be an example of a frequency?
A) the number of people in the research sample
B) the number of different value categories listed for the variable "religious affiliation"
C) the number of questions in the data collection instrument
D) the number of people who stated that they were 28 years old

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Frequency refers to the number of times a certain value or category appears in a data set. In this case, the frequency is the number of people who stated that they were 28 years old. A) is the sample size, B) is the number of categories, and C) is the number of questions, which are not frequencies.

In a Data Set, What Would Be an Example of a Frequency