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Histogram Basics
Histogram Basics
1) What is a Histogram?
2) What are some possible uses
for a Histogram?
3) Where did the Histogram come
from?
4) How do Histograms work?
5) A real world example.
6) An exercise.
What is a Histogram?
• A Histogram is a variation of a
bar chart in which data values
are grouped together and put
into different classes.
• Normal Distribution:
How do Histograms Work?
(cont)
• Positively Skewed:
• Negatively Skewed:
How do Histograms Work?
(cont)
• Bi-Modal Distribution:
• Multi-Modal Distribution:
How do Histograms Work?
(cont)
• Once your Histogram is
complete, you can analyze its
shape, as well as the statistics
that you came up with.