Which of the following statement is correct about data visualization? Use the histogram to plot a categorical variable Use the histogram to plot a numerical variable Use a bar plot to visualize a numerical variable None of the others is correct
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- A histogram is used to represent the distribution of numerical data by dividing the data into bins and displaying the frequency of data points in each bin. - A bar plot is used to compare categorical data by displaying the frequency or quantity of each category Show more…
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