Question

Compare and contrast the age of president's at the time of their Inauguration utilizing a histogram and bar chart in continuous form. Explain in detail the pros and cons of utilizing the two different methods.

Presidents and age:

Washingtion- 57, Adams-61, Jefferson- 57, Madison- 57, Monroe- 58, Adams- 57, Jackson-61, Buren-54, Harrison-68, Tyler-51, Eisenhower- 62, Kennedy- 43, Jackson-55, Nixon-56, Ford-61, Carter-52, Regan- 69, Bush (1989-1993)- 64, Clinton- 46, Bush (2001-2008)-50

Answer 1

1.Histogram

#Cons

1.Histogram doesn’t show information about what is happening within each bin of graph .

2.it shown the number of values an interval but not an actual values.

#Pros

1.it divides the numerical data into uniform interval and display the numeric data values falling within each bin .

2.they group data into small chunk.

They are useful of summarising the numeric data .

2.Bar chart

#Cons

1.show each data category in a frequency distribution

2.display relative numbers/proportions of multiple categories

3.summarize a large amount of data in a visual, easily intepretable form

#Pros

1.often require additional explanation

2.fail to expose key assumptions, causes, impacts and patterns

3.can be easily manipulated to give false impressions