1.22 Figure EX-1.22 is a graph similar to one that appeared in USA Today (June 29, 2009)....

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1.22 Figure EX-1.22 is a graph similar to one that appeared in USA Today (June 29, 2009). This graph is meant to be a bar graph of responses to the question shown in the graph.

a. Is response to the question a categorical or numerical variable?

b. Explain why a bar chart rather than a dotplot was used to display the response data.

c. There must have been an error made in constructing this graph. How can you tell that the graph is not a correct representation of the response data?

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Introduction To Statistics And Data Analysis

ISBN: 9781305445963

5th Edition

Authors: Roxy Peck, Chris Olsen, Jay L Devore

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