Question

A student survey was conducted at a major university, and data were collected from a random sample of 750 undergraduate students. One variable that was recorded for each student was the student's answer to the question: "What region of the country did you live in just prior to enrolling in this university? Northeast/Southeast/Northwest/Southwest/Midwest/Outside the U.S." These data would be best displayed using which of the following?

a. Pie Chart
b. Histogram
c. InterQuartile Range
d. Stemplot
e. Boxplot

Answer 1

Pie Chart

Explanation:

The pie chart is a circular representation of data. It is divided into slices in order to show the distribution of data presented.

In a pie chart, the angle subtended by each slice is proportional to the magnitude of data represented.

Pie charts are most useful in the representation of categorical data such as the region of the country in which a student lived prior to enrolling in the university.