hist.scott               package: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'

