{"id":201,"date":"2025-07-15T13:34:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/2021\/02\/12\/frequency\/"},"modified":"2021-02-13T11:34:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T11:34:12","slug":"frequency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/functiontranslator.com\/en\/frequency\/","title":{"rendered":"FREQUENCY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we will explore the <strong>FREQUENCY<\/strong> function in Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. This function is designed to count the occurrences of values within specific intervals, and it returns a vertical array of frequencies. Essentially, it helps us create a frequency distribution, which is crucial for summarizing the occurrences of each value within a specified range.<\/p>\n<h2>Basic Syntax<\/h2>\n<p>The basic syntax for the <strong>FREQUENCY<\/strong> function is:<\/p>\n<pre><code>=FREQUENCY(data_array, bins_array)<\/code><\/pre>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>data_array<\/strong>: The range of data values for which you wish to count the frequency.<\/li>\n<li><strong>bins_array<\/strong>: The range of intervals or bins over which you want to distribute the frequencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Example Usage<\/h2>\n<p>Let&#8217;s review a practical example to grasp how the FREQUENCY function operates. Suppose we have a list of numbers in cells A1:A10 and intend to determine how many numbers fall into specified ranges listed in cells C1:C4.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Data<\/th>\n<th>Ranges<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>0-3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>4-6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>7-9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p>To calculate the frequency of numbers within these defined ranges, input the following formula in cell B1:<\/p>\n<pre><code>=FREQUENCY(A1:A10, C1:C4)<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>However, since this formula produces an array, remember to press <strong>Ctrl + Shift + Enter<\/strong> when using Excel, which triggers the array formula functionality.<\/p>\n<p>The output will be a vertical array indicating the number of data points that fall within each of the specified bins.<\/p>\n<p>This functionality is invaluable when analyzing large datasets and assists in determining the distribution of values across specified intervals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Returns a frequency distribution as a vertical array<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-statistical"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Excel FREQUENCY Function \u2013 How It Works, Formula Examples and Syntax<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn what the Excel FREQUENCY function does. 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