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Interpreting Histograms.
If you are presented with data in histogram form, then it can be useful to construct the information that would have been in the frequency table. This enables you to find out the frequency for each class and the total sample size. 10 9 8 frequency density 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 116
Recorded Speeds of Cars on a Motorway
From the histogram find: 1.The frequency for each class interval.
40 x 1.2 = 48
Remember: The frequency for 48 24 each class is simply 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 the area of its bar. Speed mph
Example Question 1:The histogram shows the distances walked by some ramblers on the Lake District at the weekend. How many ramblers were in the sample?
Remember: The frequency for each class is simply the area of its bar. 1x4=4 1x3=3
frequency density
2 4 1
3 x 4 = 12
12
6 6
2x3=6 3x2=6
Question 2: The histogram shows the heights of plants as measured by Clare in a green house at a local garden centre. How many did she measure in total?
1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 frequency density 0.6 14 0.4 0.3 5 0.2 0.1
Remember: The frequency for each class is simply the area of its bar. 10 x 0.5 = 5 20 x 0.7 = 14 15 x 0.6 = 9
25 x 0.8 = 20 30 x 0.2 = 6
Interpreting Histograms
Question 3: The histogram shows the speed of cars on a motorway. Use the key to calculate the frequency for each class interval and the total sample size. Recorded Speeds of Cars on a Motorway
Sometimes a key may be given rather than a scaled frequency density axis.
We simply count the squares using the key to find the area of each bar.
112
Keys
255
Remember: The frequency for each class is simply the area of its bar.
30
Question 4: The histogram shows the distances walked by some ramblers in the Yorkshire Dales at the weekend. How many ramblers were in the sample?
Remember: The frequency for each class is simply the area of its bar. 8 x 5 = 40 5.4 x 5 = 27
2 7 4 0
19.2 x 5 = 96
96
58
11.6 x 5 = 58 4.8 x 5 = 24 24 9 10