How To Read and Understand a Histogram

Written by Eric on December 26th, 2007 | 0 Comments


histo.jpgWhat is a histogram and what does it tell us about a photograph? A histogram is the graphical version of a table that shows what proportion of cases fall into each of several or many specified categories.

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