What's the difference between a histogram and a bar plot?
- Bar plots are for continuous data, histograms for categorical data
- Both are for continuous data only
- Histograms are for continuous data, bar plots for categorical data
- There is no difference
The main difference between a histogram and a bar plot is the type of data they represent. A histogram is used for continuous data, where the bins represent ranges of data, while a bar plot is used for categorical data to compare the frequency or count of different categories.
Loading...
Related Quiz
- What is 'dendrogram' in hierarchical clustering?
- What is the null hypothesis of the Spearman's Rank Correlation test?
- What does the likelihood in Bayes' theorem represent?
- What are the assumptions made when using the VIF (Variance Inflation Factor) to detect multicollinearity?
- When a data distribution is skewed, which measure of central tendency is typically the most reliable?