Figure 2.42 Example of a Histogram
This example uses the Companies.jmp data table, which contains data on profits for a group of companies.
To answer these questions, use a histogram of Profits ($M).
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One company has significantly higher profits than the others, and might be an outlier. An outlier is a data point that is separated from the general pattern of the other data points.
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The box plot, which is another graphical summary of the data. For detailed information about the box plot, see Box Plot in the Essential Graphing book.
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Quantiles and Summary Statistics reports. These reports are discussed in Analyze Distributions in Analyze Your Data.
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