Gabriella Scibilia
Professor D. Ondieki
MAT-114
January 27, 2026
Writing Data Project – Generate a Histogram
I constructed a histogram using the birth weight data provided from New York State
hospital births. The horizontal axis represents birth weight in grams, and the vertical axis represents
the frequency. The frequency is the number of babies. Appropriate bin widths were chosen to group
similar birth weights together. The histogram was titled and labeled clearly.
The distribution of birth weights appears to be slightly right skewed. Most of the birth
weights are clustered between 2500-3000 grams, indicating that the majority of babies in the
sample data have weights in this range. There is a higher value around 3400 grams, which
contributes to the right skew. There are no extreme outliers that are evident in this small sample
despite the highest value is noticeable larger than the others. The overall spread of the data is
moderate with birth weights ranging from approximately 2500-3400 grams.
All in all, the histogram shows that newborn birth weights tend to cluster around a central
range with fewer babies at higher weights. This pattern is consistent with what’s typically observed
in birth weight data. Most babies fall within a healthy middle range and fewer have usually high
or low weights.