Big Ideas Math Integrated I, 2016
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5. Choosing a Data Display
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Exercise 5 Page 366

Which data display allows us to show qualitative data?

Sample Answer:

bar graph of an eye color survey with number of students on the vertical and different eye colors in the horizontal. There are 63 brown, 37 blue, 25 haze, 10 green, 3 gray, and 2 amber
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Consider the given data set.
Eye Color Survey
Color Number of Students
Brown 63
Blue 37
Hazel 25
Green 10
Gray 3
Amber 2

We are asked to create a display different than a circle graph that best represents the data. Note that this data set is divided into different categories. Therefore, a bar graph is an appropriate way to display this qualitative data. To make the bar graph, let's set the horizontal axis to be the Eye Color and the vertical axis to be the Number of Students. Let's do it!

bar graph of an eye color survey with number of students on the vertical and different eye colors in the horizontal. There are 63 brown, 37 blue, 25 haze, 10 green, 3 gray, and 2 amber

Please note that this is only one possible way to represent the data! There are many other possible ways to do it.