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Histograms
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YOUR When displaying grouped data, especially continuous data, a histogram is
LEARNING often the best way to do it – specifically in cases where not all the
groups/classes are the same width. Histograms are like bar charts with 2 key
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Frequency Density
In order to make this work, when drawing a histogram, we plot frequency
density on the y -axis rather than frequency. The frequency density for each
group is found using the formula:
frequency
frequency density =
class width
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frequency density = = 0.4
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110 ÷ 5 = 22 people
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Question 2: Below is a histogram showing how long people can hold their
breath.
Work out how many could hold their breath for between 20 and 40 seconds.
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Question 3: Some cyclists from a local cycling club go out for their usual
Sunday ride. There are many different lengths of routes to suit cyclists of all
abilities.
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b) Find an estimate for the mean journey length to the nearest kilometre.
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Question 4: The table shows information about the length of fish caught by
some fisherman at a local lake:
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a) In order to complete the rest of the histogram, we need to work out the
frequency densities for the length categories which have not already been
drawn on the histogram.
The frequency density for the 0–4 cm length category can be calculated as
follows:
Frequency density = 32 ÷ 4 = 8
The frequency density for the 10–20 cm length category can be calculated as
follows:
The frequency density for the 20–40 cm length category can be calculated as
follows:
The frequency density for the 40–45 cm length category can be calculated as
follows:
Frequency density = 30 ÷ 5 = 6
The frequency density for the 55–70 cm length category can be calculated as
follows:
Now that we have worked out the frequency density for each length category,
we can now plot them on the histogram, with a result similar to the below:
b) For this part of the question, we need to fill in the gaps in the frequency
column of the table. In order to do this, we will need to take a frequency
density reading from the histogram for the 2 length categories in question.
Reading from the histogram, we see that the frequency density for the 4–10 cm
category is 3.5, and the frequency density for the 45 − 55 cm category is 4.6.
All we need to do is rearrange the frequency density formula so that we can
work out the frequency.
Since
frequency
Frequency density =
bandwidth
then
Therefore, the frequency for the 4–10 cm length category can be calculated as
follows:
3.5 × 6 = 21
The frequency for the 45–55 cm length category can be calculated as follows:
4.6 × 10 = 46
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Question 5: A baker for a large supermarket has received a total of 185 bags
of flour from different suppliers. As a result, the bags he has received are of
varying weights.
The histogram shows information about the weight of the bags of flour:
Frequency
Density
30 40 50 607080 90 100
Weight(pounds)
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