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Histogram of hd$V1
hd$V1
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0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0
Histogram of hd$V1
hd$V1
Frequency
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0
Histogram of hd$V1
hd$V1
Frequency
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
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Histogram of hd$V1
hd$V1
Frequency
0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
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FIGURE 17.13: The effect of the bin size on the shape of the histogram.
From top to bottom and left to right, the data are exactly the same, but there
are 100, 40, 20 and 10 bins, respectively. If bins are very narr ow, few values
fall into each bin; as bins get wider, more values fall into each bin, and the
shape of the