CPM Homework Help : CC2MN Problem 9-67

Create a histogram of the data from problem 9-66. What are the advantages and disadvantages of displaying the data using a histogram?

Hint:

What does a histogram allow you to visually determine that other plots do not?

More Help:

Compare the histogram with the stem-and-leaf plot from problem 9-66.

A histogram labeled, Number of books read, on the x axis, scaled in equal segments of 10, from 0 to 40. Starting at the left, each segment has the following bar heights: 1, 6, 4, 2.

$\begin{array}{l|l} \text{Note: 4} & \ 1 \text{ means }41 \quad \end{array}$

$\begin{array}{r|l} 0 & 9 \\ 1 & 0, 2, 4, 7, 7, 8\\ 2 & 0, 1, 4, 5\\ 3 & 0, 1 \end{array}$