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这并不是一个吸睛的标题。
确实是有多部词典把histogram和bar chart弄混了,两个其实不同种类的图表。histogram是直方图,用来描述非离散变量(non-discrete variable)的分布情况,数据类型多为等比、等距的(如年龄、分数段);而bar chart是柱状图,用来描述的分类变量(categorical variable)的分布情况,数据类型多为称名(nominal)和顺序(ordinal)性质,如性别、国籍、名次等。最直观的区别是,直方图中长度不一的纵向条之间没有间隙,而柱状图的纵向条之间是有间隙的。(请看下图)
然而,很多原文词典里直接将histogram解释为等同于bar chart,如
Longman5
Histogram:A bar chart Oxford Advanced Learner's E-C dictionary
Histogram: bar chart Cambridge4
Histogram: a bar chart
有些原文词典解释不够精确,无法作出区分,如:
Chambers13
A statistical graph in which frequency distribution is shown by means of rectangles
有些原文解释够精确,但中文翻译弄混了,如:
牛高8
a diagram which uses rectangles (= bars) of different heights (and sometimes different widths) to show different amounts, so that they can be compared 条形图,柱形图(以不同长度的粗线条表示不同数量以作比较)
➔ compare bar chart
目前我手头的词典,只有新牛津、牛高8原文部分、麦克米伦原文词典、Merriam-Webster和OED2的解释比较好。列举部分:
Merriam-Webster
a representation of a frequency distribution by means of rectangles whose widths represent class intervals and whose areas are proportional to the corresponding frequencies 新牛津
<Statistics> a diagram consisting of rectangles whose area is proportional to the frequency of a variable and whose width is equal to the class interval.〔统计〕矩形图,直方图。
最后给出一张从Key differences网站上复制了一个对比表格,可以更清晰地看出二者的区别:
Basis for Comparison | Histogram | Bar graph | Meaning | Histogram refers to a graphical representation, that displays data by way of bars to show the frequency of numerical data. | Bar graph is a pictorial representation of data that uses bars to compare different categories of data. | Indicates | Distribution of non-discrete variables | Comparison of discrete variables | Presents | Quantitative data | Categorical data | Spaces | Bars touch each other, hence there are no spaces between bars | Bars do not touch each other, hence there are spaces between bars. | Elements | Elements are grouped together, so that they are considered as ranges. | Elements are taken as individual entities.
| Can bars be reordered? | No | Yes | Width of bars | Need not to be same | Same
| (表格来源:Key differences)
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