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A ____ can only display numerical data , while a ______ can display categorical data?

A) bar graph ; histogram

B)histogram ; bar graph

C)list;histogram

D)bar graph ; list

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Option B

Histogram shows quantitative data. Histograms are used to show the distribution of numerical data. In histogram , the bars are continuous that is adjacent to each other so it is used to represent numerical data.

Bar graphs always shows qualitative data. Bar graph describes the type of categories being compared. There are gaps between the bars. So Bar graphs are used to display categorical data.

A histogram can only display numerical data , while a bar graph can display categorical data

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