What is better for finding the median of a data set: Histogram or Box Plot? Explain.

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MockInterview Staff asked 6 years ago
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Matt answered 6 years ago

Box plot (aka Box & Whisker Plot): Box plots already have a median displayed on the chat. Whereas Histograms divide the data into bins and we dont’ know exact values so we can’t find the median, we can just estimate it.

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