A Statistician Prepared a Bar Chart Showing, in Descending Order

question 24

Multiple Choice

A statistician prepared a bar chart showing, in descending order, the frequency of six underlying causes of general aviation accidents (pilot error, mechanical problems, disorientation, miscommunication, controller error, other) . What would we call this type of chart?

• A)Pivot table
• B)Pareto chart
• C)Log scale chart
• D)Frequency polygon

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