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core question!
« on: November 01, 2011, 01:27:35 pm »
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The annual profit increases for ten companies are given below. The increases are expressed as percentages.

5   8   8   7   9
3   5   4   6   4

Question 2

This data can be best displayed using a

A.   bar chart
B.   histogram
C.   dot plot
D.   scatterplot
E.   parallel stem plot

Answer is c but why???



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Re: core question!
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2011, 02:52:01 pm »
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Small range data sets are usually expressed as dot plots.

These questions are confusing though. I frequently get them wrong.
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Re: core question!
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2011, 03:01:19 pm »
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hmm this question looks familiar.
It because there's only 1 variable data to be displayed
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