Comparing Bar Graphs and Histograms

The colors used in each.

The way they represent data.

They are the same.

The software used to create them.

Descriptive data

Quantitative data

Categorical data

Qualitative data

Random spacing

No space between the bars

Depends on the data type

Always spaced evenly

Categories

Bins

Segments

Divisions

Using too many bins

Only using whole numbers

Placing data points in the wrong bin

Ignoring the data points

Alphabetical order

No specific order

Numerical order

Random order

A type of box plot

A type of bar graph

An informal histogram

A formal histogram

They can become too cluttered

They are too simple

They require too much color

They are too detailed

The mean and mode

The median and range

The outliers and variances

The top and lower 25%

They are easier to create than other graphs

They use different colors to represent data

They show data in alphabetical order

They can handle large datasets