Histogram
What Histogram means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A diagram for single-variable data in which unequal class widths mean frequency is represented by the area of each bar, not its height.
A graph for continuous grouped data in which adjacent bars have areas proportional to frequencies.
Topics that use Histogram
- L: Data presentation and interpretation (AQA A-Level)
- Data presentation and interpretation (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Cleaning data
- Correlation
- Frequency density
- Measures of central tendency
- Measures of variation
- Outlier
- standard deviation
- Summary statistics
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