def plot_hist_basic(df, col):
    """Return a Matplotlib axis object with a histogram of the data in col.

    Plots a histogram from the column col of dataframe df.

    Parameters
    ----------
    df: Pandas DataFrame

    col: str
        Column from df with numeric data to be plotted

    Returns
    -------
    ax: Matplotlib axis object
    """
    data = df[col]
    ax = data.hist(bins=20, normed=1, edgecolor='none', figsize=(10, 7), alpha=.5)
    ax.set_ylabel('Probability Density')
    ax.set_title(col)

    return ax