Which is the difference between a Histogram and a bar graph? for what we use each of them?, what we are compering in each one?

the difference is that a histogram is a graph with ranges and bar graph is exact.

Is a histogram simply a bar graph with a range quantities for each bar, or is there another reason? I also noticed that in all of the histograms the bars are connected, or touching one another. Does that have something to do with it?

In Histogram you are actually using continuous data rather than categorical data.

What is the main difference between a Histogram and a bar graph?

I think the difference is bar graph uses signal kind of date , histogram uses group of data and group them in pens

what are the overall distinction among all graphs. how many graph methods are there actually?

No It's a histogram, Look up histograms on khan academy and click on creating histograms and it will help you understand.

are these histograms the same as bar graphs

*Histograms* are very similar to *bar graphs*, but there are some differences. *Histograms show numerical data* whereas *bar graphs show categorical data*. Also bar graphs have spacing between the bars, and histograms don't have spacing.

How do you take the variance of a Histogram? I am a little confused as to how to find the mean of multiple buckets. More specifically which numbers do you use of the range of the bucket to find the mean and subsequently the variance and standard deviation of a data set given only in histogram form?

For mean, take the midpoint(M) of every bucket and multiply it with the frequency(f). Take the sum of all these (f.M) and divide it by the sum of frequencies. So mean will be Σf.M/Σf.

can we choose whether to use a histogram or bar graph or do we have to have a specific one for a specific thing?

both are used for specific purposes....like if u have 100 data to be plotted....u'll need 100 bar graphs to represent it(one for each)...However, if u use a histogram and create a 5 buckets or bins as mentioned above....each of 0-19 intervals, u'll be able to represent the same data with just 5 bars in the histogram,thus reducing your plight. :)

is a histogram the same as a bar graph

No histogram has a interval or class but bar graph is for fixed value this is a little bit difference

I am confused regarding "histogram used for continous data" at some places i have read that it is graph drawn (line joining the topmost mid section reading of all intervals)

A histogram shows the frequency of data. It has intervals at the x- axis and the frequency at the y- axis. I believe what you are suggesting might be referred to as a line graph? Histograms don't exactly show continuous data, but they definitely show frequency. Hope that helped! Happy Learning!

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Histograms

A histogram displays numerical data by grouping data into "bins" of equal width. Each bin is plotted as a bar whose height corresponds to how many data points are in that bin.

Bins are also sometimes called "intervals", "classes", or "buckets".

Reading a histogram

The heights of the bars tell us how many data points are in each bin.

For example, this histogram says that Leonard's patch has 8 pumpkins whose mass is between 6 and 9 kilograms.

Want to learn more about reading histograms? Check out this video.

Want to practice some more problems like this? Check out this exercise.

Creating a histogram

Below are the lengths (in meters) of Luiza's 8 drives from the last time that she played golf.

23, comma, 78, comma, 130, comma, 147, comma, 156, comma, 177, comma, 184, comma, 213

Here's how to make a histogram of this data:

Step 1: Decide on the width of each bin. If we go from 0 to 250 using bins with a width of 50, we can fit all of the data in 5 bins.

There is no strict rule on how many bins to use—we just avoid using too few or too many bins.

Step 2: Count how many data points fall in each bin.

Driving distance (in meters)	Data points	Number of drives
0-49	23	1
50-99	78	1
100-149	130, comma, 147	2
150-199	156, comma, 177, comma, 184	3
200-249	213	1

Step 3: Scale the x-axis from 0 to 250 using intervals of width 50. Label the x-axis "driving distance (meters)".

Step 4: Scale the y-axis up to 3—or something just past it—since that will be the highest bar.

Step 5: Draw a bar for each interval so its height matches the number of drives in that interval.

Want to learn more about making histograms? Check out this video.

Want to try some problems like this? Check out this exercise.

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