1.64 Hispanic population. The US census collects data on race and ethnicity of Americans, among many other variables. The histogram below shows the distribution of the percentage of the population that is Hispanic in 3,143 counties in the US in 2010. (a) -transformed values in analyzing or modeling these data.
(b) What features of the distribution of the Hispanic population in US counties are apparent in the map but not in the histogram? What features are apparent in the histogram but not the map?
(c) Is one visualization more appropriate or helpful than the other? Explain your reasoning.