What is a Histogram?
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Objective
I can construct a histogram from a given data set by determining appropriate bin sizes and frequencies.
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Practice
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Explain in your own words what a histogram is and what type of data it is used to represent.
What do the x-axis and y-axis represent in a histogram?
Part 3 of 3
Exit ticket
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“The following data represents the number of books read by students in a class: 5, 12, 2, 18, 22, 8, 15, 7, 9, 11, 20, 1, 6, 10, 13, 16, 4, 14, 19, 3. Create a frequency table using bin sizes of 5 (0-4, 5-9, 10-14, 15-19, 20-24) and state the frequency for each bin. A survey was conducted to determine the number of hours students spend on social media per day. The results are: 1, 3, 0, 2, 5, 4, 2, 1, 3, 2, 0, 6, 2, 3, 1, 4, 2, 5, 1, 2. Create a frequency table using bin sizes of 2 (0-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6-7) and state the frequency for each bin.”
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