Visualizing Data: Histograms
Creating and interpreting histograms to display the distribution of numerical data.
Key Questions
- Analyze how different bin widths can change the appearance and interpretation of a histogram.
- Differentiate between a bar graph and a histogram.
- Construct a histogram to represent a given data set and draw conclusions from it.
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