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Chapter 3 Homework

The document provides examples of different types of charts and tables that can be used to summarize categorical data, including bar charts, pie charts, frequency tables, Pareto charts. It also provides true/false questions to test understanding of when different visualizations are appropriate and what they represent. Some key points covered include that bar charts are generally better than tables for showing distributions, relative frequencies show proportions rather than raw counts, and pie charts are best for showing shares of a variable with just two categories.

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Chapter 3 Homework

The document provides examples of different types of charts and tables that can be used to summarize categorical data, including bar charts, pie charts, frequency tables, Pareto charts. It also provides true/false questions to test understanding of when different visualizations are appropriate and what they represent. Some key points covered include that bar charts are generally better than tables for showing distributions, relative frequencies show proportions rather than raw counts, and pie charts are best for showing shares of a variable with just two categories.

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Mix and Match

1. Proportion of automobiles sold during the last quarter by eight major manufacturers
- Bar chart, Relative Frequency
2. Number of different types of defects found in computer equipment
- Frequency table, Frequency
3. Number of cash-back coupons returned by purchasers of cameras, computers, and stereo
equipment
- Bar Chart, Frequency
4. Counts of the type of automobile involved in police traffic stops
- Bar Chart, Frequency
5. Destinations for travelers leaving the United States and heading abroad
- Bar Chart, Relative Frequency
6. Reason for customers hanging up when calling a computer help desk
- Pareto Chart, Frequency
7. Excuses given for not finishing homework assignments on time
- Pareto Chart, Frequency
8. Brand of computer chosen by new students of a large university
- Pie Chart, Relative Frequency
9. Share of software purchases devoted to games, office work, and design
- Bar Chart, Frequency
10. Customer choices of compact, zoom, and high-end digital cameras
- Bar Chart, Frequency
11. Number of cellular telephone customers rating their service as Poor, OK, Good, and Great
- Bar Chart, Frequency
12. Share of bank loans that are in good standing, 30 days past due, and in default
- Bar Chart, Relative Frequency

True or False

1. Charts are better than frequency tables as summaries of the distribution of a categorical
variable. - True
2. If all of the bars in a bar chart have the same length, then the categorical variable shown in the
bar chart has no variation. - False, the must be one category.
3. The frequency of a category is the dollar value of the observations in that group. -False, as item
4. A relative frequency is the number of observations belonging to a category.-False,its proportion
5. Use a bar chart to show frequencies and a pie chart to show shares of a categorical variable that
is not ordinal. -True
6. The area principle says that the proportion of the area of a graph devoted to a category must
match the number of cases found in the category. -False, proportion must match frequency
7. Put the labels of the categories in order in a bar chart when showing the frequencies of an
ordinal variable. -True
8. The bar chart of a recoded categorical variable has the same number of bars as the bar chart of
the original categorical variable. -False, fewer bars.
9. A Pareto chart puts the modal category first. -True
10. The median of a categorical variable is the category with the most items.-False,its in the middle
Think about it

30. This table summarizes shares of the U.S. wireless telephone market in 2011. To summarize these
percentages together in a pie chart, what needs to be added?

The numbers given add up to 91%, so I think you would need to add “others 9%”

Company Share (%)


AT&T 32
Verizon 31
Sprint 17
T-Mobile 11

31. What would happen if we were to generate a bar chart for a column that measures the amount
spent by the last 200 customers at a convenience store?

If the amount spent by 200 customers is not classified into broad categories, then the data is not
suitable for representation using the bar chart.

37. A categorical variable has two values, male and female. Would you prefer to see a bar chart, a pie
chart, or a frequency table? Why?

I think I would choose a pie chart, because for only two variables, its summary will give the most
information.

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