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HISTOGRAM REPRESENTATION OF A
ONE-VARIABLE DATA SET
Steps for creating a non-weighted data set's histogram
1.Turn the calculator on, press STAT , touch A EDIT, and press ENTER to view the statistics data entry screen. Delete old data sets.
2.Move the highlighter to the cell directly below the L1 in the table and enter the following data set:
15 | 28 | 17 | 36 | 38 | 19 | 13 | 25 | 27 | 41 |
3.Check the data you have entered by pressing ▲ the data.
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4. To graph a histogram that represents the data set, you must first press 2ndF STAT PLOT . Touch A PLOT1 and press ENTER and a PLOT1 setup screen will appear. Turn the plot on by pressing ENTER . Select
and the frequencies are one. Choose the histogram graph by pressing ▼ 2ndF STAT PLOT , touching A HIST, and double touching 1 Hist.
5.Set the calculator to rectangular graphing by pressing 2ndF SET UP , touch E COORD, double touch 1 Rect, and press 2ndF QUIT .
6.Set the viewing window by pressing WINDOW . Set the horizontal axis to
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7. To view the histogram, press GRAPH .
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