"Income Security" Programs Comprised 33 Percent of the Federal Government's

question 95

Essay

"Income security" programs comprised 33 percent of the federal government's spending in 2011. Give a few examples of the programs included in this category.

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Definitions:

Relative Frequency Histogram

A type of histogram in which each bar represents the proportion or percentage of data points that fall into each of a series of specified classes.

Relative Class Frequency

The fraction or percentage of data points that belong to a specific category or class in relation to the total dataset.

Relative Frequencies

The proportion of times a particular value occurs in a dataset relative to the total number of occurrences.

Bar Charts

Graphical representations of data using bars of different heights or lengths to illustrate comparisons among categories.