OpenExcelandmakesuretheAnalysisToolPakisactivated(ifyoudonotknowhowtodothese,pleasehave
alookhere.
Thisiswhatyou
shouldhave:
Enterthedataof
theIQscoresofp.
30inthebook.
Alsogivethe
columnaheading.
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Next,makea
columnwiththe
upperinterval
limitsoftheX
valuesyouwantin
yourgrouped
frequency
distributiontable.
Asyoucanseeon
p.31,weselected
109,119,,159.
Wealsomakea
columnoflabelsto
makeclearwhat
theintervalsstand
for.
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ClickonDataand
DataAnalysis(the
latterisavailable
onlywhenyou
haveAnalysis
ToolPakinstalled)
Intheresulting
panelselect
Histogramand
clickonOK
EntertheIQ
scoresintheInput
Rangewindowand
theupperinterval
limitsintheBin
Rangeasdiscussed
here.Alsocheck
theLabelsboxto
indicatethatthe
columnshave
headings.Ifyou
additionallyclick
theboxChart
Outputatthe
bottom,you
immediatelygeta
groupedfrequency
distributiongraph
aswell.
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Thiswillgiveyou
thefollowing
outputinanew
worksheet:
NoticethatExcelautomaticallycountsthenumberofoccurrencesbetweentwoBinRangevalues(i.e.,iffirst
countsallvaluesequaltoorbelow109,thenallvaluesabove109andequaltoorbelow119,etc.).
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Youcaneasily
copyandpastethe
IntervalLabelsinto
thegrouped
frequency
distributiontable.
Todothesamein
thegraph,first
clickonthevalues
oftheXaxiswith
theleftmouse
buttonandthen
withtheright.This
willopenthe
followingmenu:
ChooseSelect
Data.
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ClickonEditinthe
HorizontalAxis
Labelswindow.
Gotoyouroriginal
inputsheetand
activatethevalues
intheLabels
column:
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Thenclicktwiceon
OKtogetthe
following:
Bychangingthe
sizeofthefonton
theXaxisand/or
thesizeofthe
graph,youcan
maketheoutcome
nicer:
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Youmaywantto
dosomefinal
editingofthe
graph,sothatit
looksmorelikea
histogram(rather
thanabargraph),
asshownhere.
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