Histograms, bar-graphs, and other statistical presentations of data
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Why is it useful to know something about the shape of a set of numbers (a "dataset")? What is an example of a variable that would measured in such a way that we could look at the shape of its dataset's distribution of measurements?
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Histograms, bar-graphs, and other statistical presentations of data are exemplified.
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Histograms, bar-graphs, and other statistical presentations of data can tell us something about the shape of the set of numbers. Such presentations can be useful for a number of different reasons. For example, a graphical representation of data can indicate how spread out the data are or if there are extreme values in the data. A graphical representation can also give us a feel for the expected ...
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