Choosing Class Intervals (Excel Bins)

Some students are confused on how to sort data into class intervals or "bins" in Excel. This video explains a method to easily choose bins.
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  • @RitaGarciaPeran
    @RitaGarciaPeranАй бұрын

    I finally found a good explanation of what I have been trying to do for the last 2 hours. THANK YOU,

  • @stagefatality
    @stagefatality6 жыл бұрын

    This has been so, so, so helpful for me. Thank you very much.

  • @danielz9054
    @danielz90545 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful, have an IED test tomorrow and this came In handy to study for

  • @nicolenigh
    @nicolenigh4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for this. It was so helpful for my stats homework!

  • @zee-xf9gb
    @zee-xf9gb3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! Really great video! I have been trying to figure this out for hours and your video helped!

  • @timur4486
    @timur44863 жыл бұрын

    it works, but may I mention that I can't see the tabs you are using. but following the names of the tabs you mentioned I managed to get the same result. thank you

  • @mamatrouble8048
    @mamatrouble80486 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much. I like how you break things up.

  • @daytonaphillips8559
    @daytonaphillips85592 жыл бұрын

    This video just saved my life! I was crying over my stats homework and this helped so much lol

  • @DrBTStm
    @DrBTStm Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much, Prof. Scott. Very helpful for measuring bubble size in research

  • @rachelebarronholmes9994
    @rachelebarronholmes99947 жыл бұрын

    thank you for posting this!

  • @jasperhe1996
    @jasperhe19965 жыл бұрын

    Hi, do you know how to specify the bin as a range, e.g. 0.74 - 0.743, 0.743- 0.746, etc., instead of a number? Thank you

  • @elizabethrodriguez672
    @elizabethrodriguez672 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much. You clearly explained step by step the process.

  • @asianhkcn
    @asianhkcn5 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much!! :) This actually helped.

  • @AlvinRyellPrada
    @AlvinRyellPrada2 жыл бұрын

    This definitely helped me in my home work Thanks :)

  • @MrKingoverall
    @MrKingoverall4 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE YOU MAN !!

  • @environmentandgeoinformati5503
    @environmentandgeoinformati55033 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! It helps me a lot

  • @katherynrobles2125
    @katherynrobles21253 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much. It is really helpful. :)

  • @nirmein
    @nirmein3 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant 👏 Thank you so much 😊

  • @Orsino14
    @Orsino144 жыл бұрын

    This is good, man

  • @strafedon9167
    @strafedon91673 жыл бұрын

    very helpful! thanks!

  • @cindyc6703
    @cindyc67033 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your explanation. Now I understand. Cool.😃😃😃😃

  • @MISHUCHOPRA
    @MISHUCHOPRA Жыл бұрын

    thankyou for this video learned well

  • @timmydotlife
    @timmydotlife4 жыл бұрын

    Very good, thank you.

  • @rothergaudiel2549
    @rothergaudiel25493 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for this video :)

  • @cyberguide_in
    @cyberguide_in6 жыл бұрын

    You can add f4 to add dollar sign all at once.

  • @karabosimela1644
    @karabosimela16442 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful 💫

  • @l_t_truth_seeker
    @l_t_truth_seeker3 жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much Sir

  • @priyanshupathak4755
    @priyanshupathak47553 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙏

  • @estebanlopez1701
    @estebanlopez17014 жыл бұрын

    thanks man, I wish a had a million dollars to send you

  • @parisaborzouei7884
    @parisaborzouei78842 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful

  • @amiteendraghosh6734
    @amiteendraghosh6734 Жыл бұрын

    excellent tank u sir

  • @tanmoydebnath7992
    @tanmoydebnath79922 жыл бұрын

    Hi Scott, I have a dataset with 16000+ entries. Can I use more than a hundred bins contrary to your suggestion in the video?

  • @ScottDellinger

    @ScottDellinger

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes. I originally made this video for one of the classes I teach, so the advice was tailored specifically for them (14-15 years old). I didn't want them to get lost in the Freedman-Diaconis rule, and figured their statistics teacher in 4 years would cover. If I had known this would become my most popular video watched by adult learners, I would have done things a little differently.

  • @tzunari
    @tzunari Жыл бұрын

    the amount of times i asked what the dollar sign do, I only understand after I watched this

  • @divyamverma2606
    @divyamverma2606 Жыл бұрын

    thanks!

  • @kuldeepkumar-ew2cg
    @kuldeepkumar-ew2cg5 жыл бұрын

    hello sir iam littelbit confused about how do you choose number of bin =7 pleas explain me

  • @ScottDellinger

    @ScottDellinger

    5 жыл бұрын

    Seven bins is just what worked for this data. I look at the min and max values and then picked a logical offset (0.003" each) that would give me between 5-20 bins. For this a "rule" does not exist. Think, "If I use this size container does it show my data in a well organized way?"

  • @reylanaguada344
    @reylanaguada3447 жыл бұрын

    how do u get to "data analysis" in 1:32?

  • @ScottDellinger

    @ScottDellinger

    7 жыл бұрын

    First you have to load and Load and activate the Analysis ToolPak. 1) Click the FILE tab, click OPTIONS, and then click the ADD-INS category. ...2) In the Manage box, select Excel Add-ins and then click Go. ...3) In the Add-Ins box, check the Analysis ToolPak check box, and then click OK. Finally In the tabs across the top click DATA -> DATA ANALYSIS (look to the far right) -> DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

  • @user-pz6yz5eg1c
    @user-pz6yz5eg1c7 ай бұрын

    Prof. scott can you please explain how we decide bin number as here you take 7

  • @ScottDellinger

    @ScottDellinger

    7 ай бұрын

    There is no "best" number of bins, and different bin sizes can reveal different features of the data. Since this video was originally for 14 year old students, I just give some general "rules of thumb" that generally work well (the 1-4 items in the text box in the video) when picking bin number and width. This is where the "7" comes from, and work wells for simple data visualizations. Using wider bins in smaller datasets can reduce noise due to sampling randomness; using narrower bins in larger datasets can give you greater precision. At a higher level there are many approaches to calculating bin number and width. One of the most common for the number of bins is simply taking the square root of the number of data points and rounding up. If you want to read more I would suggest en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histogram#Number_of_bins_and_width.

  • @adsonkool
    @adsonkool6 жыл бұрын

    how do i do bin size that goes 1-10 to 10-100 to 100-1000 then 1000-10000

  • @ScottDellinger

    @ScottDellinger

    6 жыл бұрын

    adsonkool Just use those numbers for your bin sizes and skip all my calculations that make them all the same size.

  • @arzoodhaka
    @arzoodhaka Жыл бұрын

    Thanku

  • @HIM_MOTION
    @HIM_MOTION3 жыл бұрын

    dankii bafanas

  • @karlstalker2890
    @karlstalker28903 жыл бұрын

    I feel like there is an error somewhere in here. You used 0.018 as the range and divided by 6 bins to get 0.003 as the bin size. You then made 7 bins to include all the data. Also, typically when I see histograms, each column includes the upper and lower edges of each range.

  • @ScottDellinger

    @ScottDellinger

    3 жыл бұрын

    No...as long as your bins are the same size and you make sure every datapoint fits into a bin everything is good. As to the column showing the bounds, you can certainly choose to format it that way of you so choose. This video originally was intended for 14-15 year old students, so I was focused more on getting them to visualize data. (This was early in their statistics lessons.)

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    @daverecommendlurdweb01onte262 жыл бұрын

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  • @ciaranhiggins5736
    @ciaranhiggins57362 жыл бұрын

    Where is the data analysis button?

  • @ScottDellinger

    @ScottDellinger

    2 жыл бұрын

    Data tab -> Analysis -> Data Analysis. I don't THINK that it is enabled by default so you may have to load the plug-in yourself first. That's more complicated but this link to Microsoft support article will help. You want the "Load and activate the analysis ToolPak" section. support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-the-analysis-toolpak-to-perform-complex-data-analysis-6c67ccf0-f4a9-487c-8dec-bdb5a2cefab6

  • @ariqdzaky1166
    @ariqdzaky11663 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much, it helped me a lot

  • @daverecommendlurdweb01onte26
    @daverecommendlurdweb01onte262 жыл бұрын

    you’re a blessing 👆👆👆to me no one has every continuously helped me like you have I thank God for ur presence in my life you’re the best !!! Thanks dude

  • @daverecommendlurdweb01onte26
    @daverecommendlurdweb01onte262 жыл бұрын

    you’re a blessing 👆👆👆to me no one has every continuously helped me like you have I thank God for ur presence in my life you’re the best !!! Thanks dude