Which statement about a histogram is true?

a) Histograms can plot both positive and negative values on both axes.

b) Histograms can be used to exhibit the shape of distributions.

c) Histograms are plots of individual data values.

d) Histograms show the division of quartile regions for a distribution.

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Isabell Weber

6 June, 16:08

Which statement about a histogram is true?

a) Histograms can plot both positive and negative values on both axes.

b) Histograms can be used to exhibit the shape of distributions.

c) Histograms are plots of individual data values.

d) Histograms show the division of quartile regions for a distribution.

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Rodrigo Graves · Answer 1

The correct answer is b) Histograms can be used to exhibit the shape of distributions. This is because histograms count the frequency of each possible answer (not each individual value), so one is able to see which results are more common and which are less common.

Which statement about a histogram is true?a) Histograms can plot both positive and negative values on both axes.b) Histograms can be used to exhibit the shape of distributions.c) Histograms are plots of individual data values.d) Histograms show the division of quartile regions for a distribution.