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Assignment On Paper 6 Topic: Graphical Presentation - Histogram
Assignment On Paper 6 Topic: Graphical Presentation - Histogram
Submitted by :
Laltlanthangi
Roll No : 231
BA Vth Semester
Department of Education,
Government Aizawl College
Marks
No. of Students :
0-5
5-10
10-15
15
25
15-20
50
20-25
40
25-30
30-35
30
10
35-40
5
The data in this illustration has been given in the form of continuous frequency distribution with
exclusive type. So the given class intervals, as it is, will be taken on X axis. As all the class
intervals are of the same sue, by denoting their length by one unit, each class interval will be of
one unit width. Dividing frequency (i.e. area of rectangle) by this width, the height of the
rectangles will be equal to their frequencies.
No of students
Marks
(Area)
Frequency Density
(Height)
0-5
5/1 =5
5-10
15
15/1 = 15
10-15
25
25/1 = 25
15-20
50
50/1 = 50
20-25
40
40/1 =40
25-30
30
30/1 =30
30-35
10
10/1 =10
35- 40
5/1 =5
The height will be taken on Y axis. Now on both X axis and Y axis mark the scale in a
suitable manner. To construct the histogram. we will construct rectangles on the base bar as class
intervals, with height equal to the value derived as above. The histogram is drawn and presented
in Graph 1.
Graph 1: Histogram Showing the Marks of Students in Statistics (Class Intervals with Equal
Width)
: 0-5
No. of .Students
: 5
25
50
30
20
16
In this illustration the width of the various classes are not equal. Hence, necessary adjustment
should be made in the frequencies of some of the class intervals. Taking 5 (the smallest width) as
the normal width, the frequencies of two classes i.e., 30-40 and 40-60 will be adjusted as follows:
For Class 30-40, the adjusted frequency or frequency density will be = 5/10 x 20 = 10.
For Class 40-60, the adjusted frequency or frequency density will be = 5/20 x 16 =4.
Let us also calculate the frequency density by the method pointed out in the Illustration 1 and
study whether the two methods give the same value for height or not.
The histogram has been constructed and presented in Graph 2
Graph 2: Histogram Showing the Marks of Student (Class Intervals with unequal width)
References :
1) http://onlinestatbook.com/2/graphing_distributions/histograms.html
2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histogram
3) http://itfeature.com/statistics/histogram
4) IGNOU B.com. Economics