Introduction to Statistics and the Relative Frequency Histogram
Films on Demand (29:12 min)
After concisely defining the purpose of statistics, section one of this program uses Five-Card Charlie’s Fuzzy Dice Cola to examine the concepts of population and sampling and to catalogue the elements of statistical problems. In section two, data derived from the National Martyr Competition provides an opportunity to set up a relative frequency histogram, which involves classes and their widths, boundaries, frequencies, and relative frequencies.