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Bar Charts and Histograms PDF
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▼ The basics
Patterns in data
Dotplots
Histograms
Stemplots
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Boxplots
Cumulative plots
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Scatterplots
Comparing data sets
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▼ Regression
▼ Categorical data
A bar chart is made up of columns plotted on a graph. Here is how to read a bar chart.
▼ Surveys
The columns are positioned over a label that represents a categorical variable.
▼ Experiments
The height of the column indicates the size of the group defined by the column label.
Anticipating Patterns
The bar chart below shows average household income for the four "New" states - New Jersey, New York, New
▼ Probability Hampshire, and New Mexico.
▼ Random variables
$36,000
▼ Discrete variables Income $24,000
$12,000
▼ Continuous variables
New New New New
▼ Sampling distributions Jersey Hampshire York Mexico
The chart shows that per capita income is highest in New Jersey; lowest, in New Mexico.
Statistical Inference
▼ Estimation
▼ Confidence intervals
▼ Hypothesis testing
▼ Hypothesis tests
Appendices
■ Practice exam
■ Notation
Histograms
■ AP stat formulas Like a bar chart, a histogram is made up of columns plotted on a graph. Usually, there is no space between
adjacent columns. Here is how to read a histogram.
The columns are positioned over a label that represents a continuous, quantitative variable.
The height of the column indicates the size of the group defined by the column label.
The histogram below shows per capita income for five age groups.
$40,000
Income $30,000
$20,000
$10,000
You can see from the chart that per capita income is greatest in the 45 to 54 age group.
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(A) I only
(B) II only
(C) I and II
(D) Neither is true.
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bar charts, the labels on the X axis are categorical; with histograms, the labels are quantitative. Both of these
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