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HOW TO CREATE A HISTOGRAM IN EXCEL
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STEP 1: INSTALL ANALYSIS TOOLPAK 1.Click on the Microsoft Office Button (circle button) 2.Click on Excel Options
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STEP 1: INSTALL ANALYSIS TOOLPAK 3. Click on Add-Ins
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STEP 1: INSTALL ANALYSIS TOOLPAK 4. Highlight Analysis ToolPak 5. Click GO
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STEP 1: INSTALL ANALYSIS TOOLPAK 6. Click the box next to Analysis TookPak 7. Click OK
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STEP 1: INSTALL ANALYSIS TOOLPAK 8. If this following message pops up, click YES
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STEP 2: ENTER YOUR DATA 1.Enter all your data in column A (Example: Test scores from a pre-test in math)
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STEP 2: ENTER YOUR DATA 1.Enter all your data in column A (Example: Test scores from a pre-test in math) 2.Enter your Distribution Scale in column B. (Example: I may use a 10 point scale since the test was out of 100. Each number must increase by the same amount.)
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STEP 3: CREATE A HISTOGRAM 1.Click on the Data Tab 2.Click on Data Analysis
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STEP 3: CREATE A HISTOGRAM 3. Highlight Histogram 4. Click OK
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STEP 3: CREATE A HISTOGRAM 5. Click in the Input Range
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STEP 3: CREATE A HISTOGRAM 6. Click in the Input Range 7. Highlight all the data in column A by clicking in cell A1 and dragging down to your final cell (In this case A20)
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STEP 3: CREATE A HISTOGRAM 8. Click in the Bin Range 9. Highlight all the data in column B by clicking in cell B1 and dragging down to your final cell (In this case B10)
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STEP 3: CREATE A HISTOGRAM 10. Click in the box next to Chart Output 11. Click OK
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STEP 4: EDIT A HISTOGRAM 1.Drag a corner of the graph to make it larger.
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STEP 4: EDIT A HISTOGRAM 1.Drag a corner of the graph to make it larger. 2. Give the Histogram an appropriate title and add number of observations by double-clicking on the word Histogram
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STEP 4: EDIT A HISTOGRAM 3.Click on Frequency and delete it.
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STEP 4: EDIT A HISTOGRAM 4. Change the label on your x-axis from Bin to a label that fits your data.
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STEP 4: EDIT A HISTOGRAM 5. Remove the space between the bars by right-clicking on one of the bars, then selecting Format Data Series
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STEP 4: EDIT A HISTOGRAM 6. Set the Gap Width to 0%
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STEP 4: EDIT A HISTOGRAM 7. Set the Gap Width to 0% 8. Click on Fill & Border Color to enhance your graph
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STEP 5: UNDERSTAND YOUR GRAPH No Data from 0 to 10 2 pieces of data from 11 to 20 8 pieces of data from 21 to 30 This column includes the numbers 46 & 50
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STEP 6: ADMIRE YOUR WORK
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