What is meant by a marginal distribution? What is meant by a conditional distribution? Question content area bottom Part 1 What is meant by a marginal distribution? A. A marginal distribution is a frequency or relative frequency distribution of either the row or column variable in a contingency table. B. A marginal distribution is the relative frequency of each category of one variable, given a specific value of the other variable in a contingency table. C. A marginal distribution is the relative distribution of both row or column variables in the contingency table. D. A marginal distribution is the effect of either row variable or the column variable in the contingency table