The following screenshot gives an idea of how an Excel histogram can look like: In other words, a histogram graphically displays the number of elements within the consecutive non-overlapping intervals, or bins.įor example, you can make a histogram to display the number of days with a temperature between 61-65, 66-70, 71-75, etc. A histogram is a specific use of a column chart where each column represents the frequency of elements in a certain range. Have you ever made a bar or column chart to represent some numerical data? I bet everyone has.

Wikipedia defines a histogram in the following way: ' Histogram is a graphical representation of the distribution of numerical data.' Absolutely true, and… totally unclear :) Well, let's think about histograms in another way. How to customize and improve a histogram chart.How to do a histogram in Excel with a PivotChart.How to create histogram in Excel with Analysis ToolPak.Further on in this tutorial, you will find the detailed explanation of each method.

In fact, in the recent versions of Excel, creating a histogram is a matter of minutes and can be done in a variety of ways - by using the special Histogram tool of the Analysis ToolPak, formulas or the old good PivotTable.

While everyone knows how easy it is to create a chart in Excel, making a histogram usually raises a bunch of questions. The tutorial shows 3 different techniques to plot a histogram in Excel - using the special Histogram tool of Analysis ToolPak, FREQUENCY or COUNTIFS function, and PivotChart.

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