Author: Oscar Cronquist Article last updated on September 30, 2018

The histogram chart lets you automatically group data values in intervals you specify, it is often used in statisticsĀ to show how data is distributed.

How to build

  1. Select data.
  2. Go to tab "Insert" on the ribbon.
  3. Press with left mouse button on the "Statistic chart" button.
  4. Press with left mouse button on the "Histogram" button.
  5. Double-press with left mouse button on the x-axis to open the task pane.
  6. Select "Bin width:" and type 5, you may have to try different values here depending on the data you have.

    • "By Category" allows you to use text values, Excel will count text strings and plot the chart based on the number of text strings.
    • Automatic is the default setting. The intervals are created evenly based on the minimum and maximum value.
    • "Bin width" allows you to specify the range you want to use.
    • Select "Number of bins" if you want to specify the number of intervals to use.
    • Select "Overflow bin" and "Underflow bin" to create an interval for all values above/below a threshold.