Practice question · True or false
A histogram and a bar chart are exactly the same type of plot.
Hints
- Ask what sits on the horizontal axis in each case.
- Continuous bins and discrete labels are not interchangeable.
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False
Why
A histogram shows the distribution of a continuous variable using bins; a bar chart compares discrete categories.
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