Bar charts

Definition

Bar charts are graphical representations of categorical data using rectangular bars. The height or length of each bar corresponds to the frequency or relative frequency of a particular category.

Related terms

Frequencies: Frequencies refer to the number of times an event or observation occurs in a dataset.

Relative frequencies: Relative frequencies represent the proportion or percentage of observations belonging to each category in relation to the total number of observations.

Categorical data: Categorical data consists of qualitative variables that can be divided into distinct categories or groups.