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In a bimodal histogram, the two highest bars will have the same height.
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In a bimodal histogram, the two highest bars will have the same height.
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A histogram is said to be bimodal if it has two peaks. The only defining characteristic about this distribution is that it has 2 peaks of the same height. Bimodality sometimes occurs when the data set consists of observations from two different group of individuals. If this shape occurs, the two sources should be separated and analysed separately.
A bimodal histogram shape often reflects the presence of two different processes being "mixed" in the displayed data. For example, the data could contain information from two different machines, two shifts, weekdays and weekends, two offices, etc.
In some cases bimodal histogram indicates that the sample can be divided into two sub samples that differ from each other in some way.
Thus in a bimodal histogram, the two highest bars will have the same height.