Answer each of the following and explain how you decided on that answer.
(a) We wish to conduct a study of a college statistics class that includes 35students. Each student in the class is originally from one of the following 5 states: NY, CT, NJ, VT, or MA. The individuals in the study are the students, and the variable is "Home State" Which type of graph would be appropriate to show the distribution of "Home State": a pie chart or a histogram?
(b) We wish to study statitstics education at a local college that offers 45 sections of a statistics course, each containing 35 students. The individuals in the study are the sections and the variable is the number of students who are from NY state. Which type of graph would be appropriate to show the distribution of the number of students from NY state in the sections: a pie chart or a histogram
(a)
Correct option:
pie chart
Explanation:
Pie chart is more appropriate to display Home State as a circular
statistical graphic, which is giveded into 5 slices to illustrate
numerical proportions of NY, CT, NJ, VT, or MA.
(b)
Correct option:
histogram
Explanation:
Histogram is more appropriate to display the distribution of the
number of students in the 45 sections each containing 35
students., with the bars representing the frequency of occurrences
by classes of data.
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