McKee and Ptacek (2001) asked 90 college students about a time they had "delivered bad news" to someone. Table (see the attached) shows the results for the type of bad news given. (a) Using this table as an example, explain the idea of a frequency table to a person who has never had a course in statistics. (b) Explain the general meaning of the pattern of results.

Table 9 Descriptive Statistics for the Type of News Given Category Frequency Percentage 1. Relationship with family 19 21.1 2. School 1.1 3. Job/work 6 6.7 4. Relationship with actual/potential girlfriend/boyfriend 17 18.9 5. Personal health 1.1 6. Finance 1.1 7. Relationship with friends 21 23.3 8. Health of family member/friend 23 25.6 9. Other 1.1 Source: Mckee, T. L. E., & Ptacek, J. T. (2001). I'm afraid I have something bad to tell you: Breaking bad news from the perspective of the giver. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 31, 246-273. Copyright @ 2006, 2001 V. H. Winston. Reprinted by permission of Blackwell Publishing