Author Question: Explain how it can be misleading to draw the bars in a histogram so that the width of each bar is ... (Read 24 times)

P68T · **on:** Jun 24, 2018

Explain how it can be misleading to draw the bars in a histogram so that the width of each bar is proportional to its height rather than have all bars the same width.

What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Given that x is a hypergeometric random variable, compute p(x) for N = 6, n = 3, r = 3, and x = 1.

A) .45 B) .125 C) .55 D) .375

ririgirl15 · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 24, 2018

Answer to Question 1

The reader may think that the area of the bar represents the quantity rather than the height of the bar, giving a disproportionate emphasis on the taller bars.

Answer to Question 2

A