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What is the difference between a bar graph and a histogram?
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A histogram can only have bars of equal width, while a bar graph can have variable widths
A bar graph compares different categories, while a histogram shows the distribution of data over intervals
A histogram has gaps between bars, while a bar graph does not
A bar graph is only for categorical data, while a histogram is for numerical data

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Q1
What is the difference between a bar graph and a histogram?
A histogram can only have bars of equal width, while a bar graph can have variable widths
A bar graph compares different categories, while a histogram shows the distribution of data over intervals
A histogram has gaps between bars, while a bar graph does not
A bar graph is only for categorical data, while a histogram is for numerical data
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Q2
What type of data is best represented by a histogram?
Categorical data
Ordinal data
Discrete numerical data
Continuous numerical data
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Q3
What happens if the bins in a histogram are too wide?
Important details in the data distribution may be lost
The graph may become excessively detailed
The histogram becomes more accurate
It will only show the mean of the data
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Q4
If a histogram shows a right-skewed distribution, what does this indicate about the data?
Most data points are concentrated on the right
All data points are evenly distributed
The distribution is uniform across all values
Most data points are concentrated on the left with a few larger values extending to the right
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