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P68T

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

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