Lesson 12-2 Picturing Data

Objectives: Draw bar graphs and pie charts Draw histograms and frequency polygons Draw time series graphs

A. Types of Graphs

B. Sampling Methods

Lesson 12-2 Picturing Data

1. The marketing firm Deloitte Retail conducted a survey in 2008 of grocery shoppers. The frequency distribution below represents the responses to the survey question How often do you bring your own bags when grocery shopping? Draw a vertical bar graph to represent the data.

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2. Draw a pie chart for the frequency distribution from Example 1. Video

Lesson 12-2 Picturing Data

3. The frequency distribution shown is for the closing price of General Motors stock in dollars for each of the first 74 trading days of 2009. Draw a histogram for the data.

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4. Draw a frequency polygon for the frequency distribution from Example 3. Video

Lesson 12-2 Picturing Data

1. Identity theft has increased as more people are shopping online. The table below shows the number of identify theft complaints made to the FTC in thousands between 2002 and 2008. Draw a time series graph for the data.

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