Histogram was first used by Karl Pearson and It is a tool which helps to understand the data points and its distribution among different groups.
In layman language, this charts divides the data into multiple range groups with same interval i.e. 1-5, 5-10… and then plot the data into these groups to find the distribution among these group. So that you may understand, what are the major areas which has large impact or your major data fall. This helps the user to understand the nature of your data.
Histogram is different from bar chart as bar charts works with two data variables however Histogram works with one data variables (numeric). The intervals/groups used in this graphs are called bins/buckets and this bins are created with same interval or width. These bins are consecutive and non overlapping intervals.
This Histogram will look like as below:
Suppose we have sales number data for sales rep against the target of 100. Now we want to know the common target achieved in different categories
Steps to Create Histogram Chart in Excel 2016 and above versions
– Select your excel Data and Go To Insert Menu on the top Excel Menu
– Once you click on Histogram chart, you will see a chart on your window. Right click on the horizontal Axis (x-Axis) and click format Axis:
– Once you select format Axis, you can change the chart parameters i.e. Bin Width, Bin Numbers, Overflow Bin, Underflow Bin etc
For this we need to install an ADD INN which is available along with MS Office installation “Analysis ToolPAK”. You may learn “How to install Excel ADD INN“ in order to install “Analysis ToolPAK”.
Once you activate the above ADD INN. Then you will be able to see this data analysis option under “Data” menu and click on Data Analysis
Now you select “Histogram” and click Ok. Now you need to create bin starting point with equal intervals. See below:
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