Understanding and Constructing Histograms

Understanding and Constructing Histograms

Introduction

Histograms are graphs used to display numerical data grouped into intervals. They show how data is distributed and make patterns in the data easier to identify in real-life situations, such as test sco...

A class records daily temperatures for a week.

To make patterns easier to see, the data can be organized using a histogram.

A histogram groups values into equal intervals called bins. Each bin must have the same width, the bins should not overlap, and each value should belong to only one bin.

To choose the bins, first look at...