Question

The win/loss record for Spartan High School football for the past three years is: 4 wins, 6 losses in 2005; 5 wins, 5 losses in 2006; and 7 wins and 3 losses in 2007. What type of graph would be best for comparing these records?

A) box plot
B) pie chart
C) bar graph
D) line plot

Answer 1

The correct answer should be C) bar graph.

You could make a bar graph with two bars, one representing losses and one representing wins, and then put the same pair of bars next to each other and observe how the trends changed as years went by. The others would be very odd for using the data available and would probably not be used.