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What is a histogram?
Think about how data is grouped.
Why are bins used in a histogram?
Consider how many data points fall into each category.
What does a histogram represent?
Think about what graphs show.
True or False: Increasing the number of bins always provides a clearer picture in a histogram.
Consider how detail can become clutter.
You have the following marks of students: [65, 72, 76, 85, 55, 89, 90, 90, 72, 78]. What would you do to create a histogram for this dataset? Describe how you'd determine the number of bins to use.
Consider the total number of data points you have.
After creating a histogram, you notice uneven representation among the bins. What adjustments can you make to improve the clarity of the histogram?
Reflect on how the visual can become noisy with many bins.
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