When trying to better understand a large data set what is th

When trying to better understand a large data set, what is the advantage of examining the historgram instead of the frequency distribution?

Solution

The advantage is that a histogram groups values for certain classes. Thus, there are fewer points in the horizontal axis to consider, and the shape of the actual distribution is more resembled.

Thus, it better represents the shape of the data, because a frequency distribution needs the frequency on exact points, which produces more irregular shapes. Thus, it peaks at the mode/s, but it doesn\'t say anything about the neighborhood of the mode.

Thus, in that case it is better to use a histogram, especially on a large data set.