Which one of the following statements is not correct with reference to a histogram?

Frequency curve is obtained by joining the midpoints of the top of the adjacent rectangles with smooth curves

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Histogram is drawn for continuous data

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The height of the bar is proportional to the frequency of that class

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Mode of the distribution can be obtained from the histogram

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The correct option is C The height of the bar is proportional to the frequency of that class
Option C is not correct & all other are correct from our basic knowledge of statistics

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Which one of the following statements is not correct with reference to a histogram?

The correct option is C The height of the bar is proportional to the frequency of that classOption C is not correct & all other are correct from our basic knowledge of statistics

The correct option is C The height of the bar is proportional to the frequency of that class
Option C is not correct & all other are correct from our basic knowledge of statistics