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CHART 5A—FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF THE PREFERRED- STOCK-TO-ToTAL-EQUITIES
Rati0s oF Pusmric UriLity CoMPANIES, 1915-1024

It is evident now that the center of the data differs by one class
interval for each of these sections. The percentages of concentration
about these class intervals are high, especially the South with 70 per
cent.
DISTRIBUTIONS BY SIZE OF COMPANY
The distributions of the ratio of Preferred Stock to Total Equities
by size of companies are given in Table Vc. Here, too, a rough approximation
 is obtained by the use of the class interval with the greatest
 number of cases in it. For the classification of the data by size of
company, these are as follows:
Companies with Companies with Companies with
Total Equities Total Equities Total Equities
of 5-9 of 10-49 of 50 millions
millions millions and over
Dominant class interval. ....... .20-.239 .16-.199 .04-.079
Concentration about the interval. 47%, 529, 469,