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One of the figure shows the effect of choosing different bin counts for the same data, and the labels say "Bin width = 3", "Bin width = 8" and "Bin width = 29". First, it is not 8 but 6. Second, it is not the width of the bins which are set to 3, 8 and 29 but their number. So they should say "Bins =
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We can cover the etymology in exactly one sentence, perhaps a clause added to the sentence spun out from the original material. The added details add nothing but misdirections and fluff to what was an adequate explanation. We mention briefly what the etymology is, but why on earth should we add
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The article would benefit from mentioning the many valid points of criticism of the histograms. Also there lacks some information on the uncertainty of the histogram. It would be fair to mention some alternatives to histograms (e.g. empirical cdfs, kernel density estimates)
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In this case, it is effectively wasted space, as the misconceptions are corrected by the plain statement of the correct conception. Nothing substantial is lost by not mentioning the ways how other people don't know
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several sentences about what the etymology isn't? Most of the contrived section isn't even about etymology.
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