How can frequency distributions be presented using a histogram? Give an example of a histogram.
What will be an ideal response?
The first step in organizing data involves creating a frequency distribution, a listing of scores, usually from highest to lowest, along with the number of times each score appears. Frequency distributions often are presented graphically. For example, a histogram is a frequency distribution in the form of a graph. Vertical bars represent the frequency of scores per category. A histogram is often called a bar graph. A histogram can be used represent scores of students on a test. For example, the horizontal axis in a histogram can indicate the obtained scores, and the vertical axis can indicate the frequency of the scores on the test.
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