What Is the Difference Between a Bar Chart and a Histogram

question 33

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between a bar chart and a histogram?

• A) The bars on a bar chart do not touch while the bars of a histogram do touch.
• B) The bars in a bar chart may be of various widths while the bars of a histogram are all the same width.
• C) The bars in a bar chart are all the same width while the bars of a histogram may be of various widths.
• D) There is no difference between these two graphical displays.

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Definitions:

Direct Perception

A concept in psychology and ecological psychology proposing that the environment offers rich information, allowing for immediate perception without needing significant cognitive processing.

Perception and Action

The interplay between how we perceive our environment and how we respond to it through movement.

Affordances

The properties of objects or environments that allow individuals to perform actions on them.

Bottom-Up Perception

A processing approach where sensory input is first analyzed into its components and then integrated to form a perception.