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Bar height is frequency.

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Histogram
3
0–4
5
5–9
3
10–14

A histogram’s bar height tells how many data values fall in that interval.

In a histogram, frequency is encoded by height. Counting bars answers how the axis was chopped up, not how many observations were collected.

Problem 1 of 8. What we learned, an example, a few together, then independent practice.

Histogram
3
0–4
5
5–9
3
10–14

A histogram has bar heights 3, 5, 3. How many observations are shown?

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