R: Plot a Histogram with Automatic Bin Width Selection

hist.scott {MASS} | R Documentation

## Plot a Histogram with Automatic Bin Width Selection

### Description

Plot a histogram with automatic bin width selection, using the Scott or Freedman–Diaconis formulae.

### Usage

    hist.scott(x, prob = TRUE, xlab = deparse(substitute(x)), ...)
    hist.FD(x, prob = TRUE, xlab = deparse(substitute(x)), ...)

### Arguments

`x` | A data vector
`prob` | Should the plot have unit area, so be a density estimate?
`xlab, ...` | Further arguments to `hist`.

### Value

For the `nclass.*` functions, the suggested number of classes.

### Side Effects

Plot a histogram.

### References

Venables, W. N. and Ripley, B. D. (2002) Modern Applied Statistics with S. Springer.

### See Also

`hist`

[Package MASS version 7.3-18 Index]