Preview - Descriptive Statistics

Manipulating the Histogram

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

When you changed the number of bins to less than 8, what did you notice about the distribution? Did the shape change? Did you learn more or less about the data set? Write your observations below. 

When you changed the number of bins to more than 8, what did you notice about the distribution? Did the shape change? Did you learn more or less about the data set? Write your observations below. 

What is an appropriate number of bins for this data set? Why?

Notes

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