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Histograms, Frequency Polygons, and Ogives

Histograms, Frequency Polygons, and Ogives. Histogram: A graph that displays data by using contiguous vertical bars

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Page 1: Histograms, Frequency Polygons, and Ogives. Histogram: A graph that displays data by using contiguous vertical bars

Histograms, Frequency Polygons, and Ogives

Page 2: Histograms, Frequency Polygons, and Ogives. Histogram: A graph that displays data by using contiguous vertical bars

Histogram: A graph that displays data by using

contiguous vertical bars.

Page 3: Histograms, Frequency Polygons, and Ogives. Histogram: A graph that displays data by using contiguous vertical bars

Organize Data, Prepare Table

Limit Boundary Number

10 – 19 9.5 – 19.5 6

20 – 29 19.5 – 29.5 8

30 – 39 29.5 – 39.5 15

40 – 49 39.5 – 49.5 11

50 – 59 49.5 – 59.5 7

60 – 69 59.5 – 69.5 3

70 – 79 69.5 – 79.5 1

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Plot the Mid Points

9.5 19.5 29.5 39.5 49.5 59.5 69.5 79.5

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Frequency Polygon: A graph that displays the data by using lines that connect points plotted for the frequencies at the midpoints

of the classes.

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Plot the Mid Points

9.5 19.5 29.5 39.5 49.5 59.5 69.5 79.5

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Connect the dots, bring down to the x axis

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Ogive: A graph that displays the cumulative frequencies for the classes

in a frequency distribution.

Frequency

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

99.5 -104.5

104.5 -109.5

109.5 -114.5

114.5 -119.5

119.5 -124.5

124.5 -129.5

129.5 -134.5

Frequency

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Organize Data, Prepare Table

Limit Boundary Number Cumulative

10 – 19 9.5 – 19.5 6 6

20 – 29 19.5 – 29.5 8 14

30 – 39 29.5 – 39.5 15 29

40 – 49 39.5 – 49.5 11 40

50 – 59 49.5 – 59.5 7 47

60 – 69 59.5 – 69.5 3 50

70 – 79 69.5 – 79.5 1 51

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Plot the upper boundary points

9.5 19.5 29.5 39.5 49.5 59.5 69.5 79.5

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Connect the dots, start at zero

9.5 19.5 29.5 39.5 49.5 59.5 69.5 79.5

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Relative Frequency Graphs

• Use relative frequencies when the proportion of data values that fall into a given class is more important than the actual number of data values that fall into the class.

• Example: Compare age distributions in New York City and Elysburg.

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Note that percentages are used.

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

0 to10

11 to17

19 to23

24 to45

46 to64

65+

New York

Elysburg

Ages

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Distribution Shapes

Uniform Shape

0

12

34

5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Bell Shaped

0

2

4

6

8

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

J shaped

0

2

4

6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Reverse J shaped

0

2

4

6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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More Distribution Shapes

Right Skewed

0

12

34

5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Left Skewed

0

12

34

5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Bimodal

0

12

34

5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

U shaped

0

2

4

6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9