The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 1 - Picturing Distributions with Graphs - Apply Your Knowledge - Page 20: 1.4a

Answer

A pie chart would not be correct to use for this data since the percentages add up to over 100%. A pie chart is only appropriate to use when all of the possible options add up to exactly 100%.

Work Step by Step

If you add any two options, the percentage would be over 100%.
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