Question

Histogram is a great way to show the result of
${\text{(A)}}$ Categories
${\text{(B)}}$ Continuous data
${\text{(C)}}$ Both $A$ and $B$
${\text{(D)}}$ None of these

Answer 1

Hint: First we will see what a histogram is and how it represents data and type of data it represents. Later we will check the best match among the given options.
Finally we conclude the required answer.

Complete step-by-step solution:
Histograms are graphical tools which are used to represent data in an organized manner.
It represents a group of data points into user defined specific ranges; it appears similar to a bar graph.
The histogram condenses the data into an easily interpreted visual format by taking many data points and grouping them into logical ranges or bins.
The ranges of outcomes in a histogram are made on the $X$ axis and the number of outcomes or the percentage of outcomes is made on the $Y$ axis.
A histogram is used when the data is numerical and when you want to see the shape of the data’s distribution, especially when determining whether the output of a process is distributed approximately normally.
Histograms are useful when we have to see visually, the type of distribution which could be normal, skewed, bimodal etc.
Histogram is used to represent the values in a quantitative manner and not a categorical manner therefore,

The correct answer is option ${\text{(B)}}$ which is continuous data.

Note: To represent categorical data a bar chart should be used. It is used to represent the data in a categorical manner unlike a histogram which represents data in a quantitative manner.
A bar chart has gaps in it therefore it does not show continuous data unlike a histogram which has no gaps in between the two bins or ranges.