L07 Histograms

Here is the sequence of steps for taking actions necessary to acquire the skills being taught in this lecture

• 1. Watch the preliminary lecture, with motivation and overview of concepts.

  2. Read the Lecture Notes. [Download Lecture 07: Histograms]

  3. Watch the full lecture. You can download and read TRANSCRIPT of lecture if you wish.

  4. Take the L07 Comprehension Quiz on Quizstar

  5. Do the Do It Yourself Lab Exercises for L07

  6. Take the L07 Computational Quiz.

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: Convergence of Frequencies to Probabilities. This shows how histograms of a random sample from a population converge to the histogram of the population.

I am making ALTERNATIVE arrangements for QUIZZES via EDMODO. To take quizzes on EDMODO, first click on the link EDMODO LOGIN for students, and USE GROUP CODE: fnth8i to create a STUDENT Login for yourself. The Group Page is linked below

https://edmodo.com/public/introduction-to-statistics/group_id/7704571

This lecture discusses how to make and interpret histograms. The effects of variation of Bin Size and also the effects of variations in scale. Also discusses skewness and bimodality and how to pick it up in histograms. Also how to interpret these in real world data.

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