Grouped Histogram Example

The following data relates how many cappuccino coffees were made at
a caf every hour during two full working days.

4,9,9,11,3,9,10,17,12,6,8,0,5,11,9,12,11,15

First, we rewrite the numbers from lowest to highest:

0,3,4,5,6,9,9,9,9,10,11,11,11,12,12,15,17,18
We have 12 different number values, but ten different values is the
maximum for a histogram containing 10 bars.

So, we need to do grouping into Classes to reduce this.

The first step is to calculate the Class Width or interval group size.

However, if we want a more compact Histogram with a total of only five

bars then we need to do this calculation.
Calculating Class Width

Cappuccino coffees made at a caf every hour:

0,3,4,5,6,9,9,9,9,10,11,11,11,12,12,15,17,18

For a Histogram containing 5 bars:

Class width=( Highest item-Lowest item) 5

=(18-0)5

=3.6 which rounds off to 4.

The five classes of width size 4 we need are:

0-3, 4-7, 8-11, 12-15, 16-19 ( remember to count on fingers )