Tables Should Be Used Instead of Charts When ​

question 33

Multiple Choice

Tables should be used instead of charts when ​

• A)the reader needs relative comparisons of data.
• B)there are more than two columns of data.
• C)the values being displayed have different units or very different magnitudes.
• D)the reader need not differentiate the columns and rows.

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Definitions:

Mean

The average value of a group of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of all the numbers by the count of the numbers.

Frequency Distribution

a representation, often in the form of a table, that shows the number of observations within a particular range of values, used in statistics to summarize data sets.

Data Set

A collection of related sets of information that consists of separate elements but can be manipulated as a unit by a computer.

Data Set

A collection of data, often used for analysis, typically consisting of related sets of information.