I suspect you are referring to a sample frequency distribution.
Providing that the sample size is sufficiently large there are various kinds of information that can be gleaned from one:
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It is derived frequency distribution. XD
A frequency distribution lists each value in the distribution and the number times it appears, while a relative frequency distribution reports the proportion of cases reporting each value
What are the disadvantages of frequency distribution tables
frequency distribution contain qualitative data
in form of percent