Histogram

Definitions

A graphical display of numerical data in the form of upright bars, with the area of each bar representing frequency.

Equivalents

Examples

“Such distinctions, however, require⟳ detailed information, such as histograms of the distribution of energy use⟳ among residential customers, both by month and by year.”

“The use⟳ of the piecewise linear frequency polygon (FP) in place⟳ of the underlying histogram would seem mainly a graphical advantage.”

“A histogram is constructed by placing the variable of interest⟳ on the horizontal axis and the frequency, relative frequency or percent frequency on the vertical axis.[…]Histograms for data found in applications are never perfectly symmetric, but the histogram for many applications may be roughly symmetric.”

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