The SPCA Has Kept These Data Records for the Past

question 89

Multiple Choice

The SPCA has kept these data records for the past 20 years. If they want to show the trend in the
Number of dogs they have housed, what kind of plot should they make?

• A) pie chart
• B) bar graph
• C) boxplot
• D) histogram
• E) timeplot

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