A dotplot is a graphical portrayal of an absolute or relative frequency distribution of continuous quantitative data having the following characteristics:
a. the lower and upper limits of the data classes are identified by tick marks on a horizontal axis, and
b. the corresponding absolute or relative class frequencies are represented by the areas of contiguous rectangles that stand on top of each of these class intervals.

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The description provided in the statement is actually referring to a histogram, not a dotplot. In a dotplot, each data point is represented by a dot on a horizontal axis, with multiple dots stacked vertically if there are multiple data points with the same value.

A Dotplot Is a Graphical Portrayal of an Absolute or Relative