Histograms - Explanation and definition of histograms

What are histograms



Histograms are statistical tools that allow us to quickly and graphically display the distribution of a study, histograms are graphical representations by vertical bars of a frequency distribution of a continuous variable. Each of this bars reflects a range or class, and the height shown is proportional to the frequency (number of times) with the values displayed in each of the intervals.

Histograms will also known by the name "frequency distribution diagrams"

Histograms are used as a tool to help in decision making for the resolution of problems, through the histogram can identify behavioral patterns of all the data and draw conclusions, histograms which allows:

Histograms application method



Prior to the explanation of the steps to follow for a histogram, we need to know some preconceptions as:

The steps are: