A researcher records the frequency distribution for a basketball player shooting free throws until a miss occurs. (For example: Make, Make, Make, Make, Miss happened 6 times.) Makes Followed By A Miss Frequency

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A researcher records the frequency distribution for a basketball player shooting free throws
until a miss occurs. (For example: Make, Make, Make, Make, Miss happened 6 times.)
Makes Followed By A Miss
Frequency
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(a1). Construct a frequency histogram for the given data:

The data represents the frequency distribution for a basketball player shooting free throws until a miss occurs.

EXCEL software is used to construct a histogram for the given measured data.

Software Procedure:

The step-by-step procedure to construct a histogram using EXCEL software is given below:

  • Open an EXCEL file.
  • Enter the values of Makes followed by a miss in column A and name it as Makes followed by a miss.
  • Enter the values of Frequency in column A and name it as
  • Select Data and go to Insert tab.
  • Select Charts > All charts > Column > Clustered column.
  • Click OK.
  • In format data series change the gap width to

The frequency is shown below:

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Observation: From the frequency histogram, the data is positively skewed.

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