1. Histograms

2. Definition of a Histogram
A Histogram displays a range of values of a variable that have been broken into groups or intervals.
Histograms are useful if you are trying to graph a large set of quantitative data
To make a Histogram, you divide the range of data into intervals of equal length, count the number of observations in each interval, and represent each interval with a bar indicating the number of observations.

4. Disenfranchisement Rates for all 50 States
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5. Step 1: Sort the Data from Lowest to Highest
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6. Step 2: Determine how many groups of data you want to have.
For example, we’ll use 5 groups
Step 3: Determine the approximate range of the set of data
0% through 24.9% (approximately 25%)
Step 4: From Steps 2 and 3, determine the range of each individual group
I decided to have 5 groups. The range is from 0% - 25%. 25% divided by 5 is 5%. So each group should have a range of 5%.

7. Step 5: Make a list of the groups you will be using.
Step 6: Using your data, count how many numbers fall into each group
Group 1: 0% %
Group 2: 5% %
Group 3: 10% %
Group 4: 15% %
Group 5: 20% - 25% 25 12 6 5 2

8. Step 7: graph each group 25 12 6 5 2