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Exercise 3 - Week 6

This document provides a practice exercise with 10 multiple choice questions about different types of charts and graphs used to present categorical data, including contingency tables, bar charts, pie charts, and histograms. The questions ask students to identify the best way to present various sets of categorical data. The document also instructs students that the answers will be provided after the due date so they can check their work before an upcoming midterm test.

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Exercise 3 - Week 6

This document provides a practice exercise with 10 multiple choice questions about different types of charts and graphs used to present categorical data, including contingency tables, bar charts, pie charts, and histograms. The questions ask students to identify the best way to present various sets of categorical data. The document also instructs students that the answers will be provided after the due date so they can check their work before an upcoming midterm test.

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EIA1011 SEMESTER 1, 2023/2024

Exercise 3 (Week 6)
Due: Monday, 8am (20/11/2023)

I will automatically share the answers after the due date, so that you can check them
before the midterm test. Please try this out.

Thank you.

1. A type of vertical bar chart in which the categories are plotted in the descending rank order of
the magnitude of their frequencies is called a

a) contingency table.
b) Pareto chart.
c) stem-and-leaf display.
d) pie chart.

2. A survey of 150 executives were asked what they think is the most common mistake candidates
make during job interviews. Six different mistakes were given. Which of the following is the
best for presenting the information?
a) A bar chart.
b) A histogram
c) A stem-and-leaf display.
d) A contingency table.

3. You have collected information on the market share of 5 different search engines used by
internet users in a particular quarter. Which of the following is the best for presenting the
information?
a) A pie chart.
b) A histogram
c) A stem-and-leaf display.
d) A contingency table.

4. When studying the simultaneous responses to two categorical questions, you should set up a
a) contingency table.
b) frequency distribution table.
c) cumulative percentage distribution table.
d) histogram.

5. You have collected data on the number of complaints for 6 different brands of automobiles sold
in Malaysia over a 10-year period. Which of the following is the best for presenting the data?
a) A contingency table.
b) A stem-and-leaf display
c) A time-series plot.
d) A side-by-side bar chart.

6. You have collected data on the responses to two questions asked in a survey of 40 college
students majoring in business—What is your gender (Male = M; Female = F) and What is your
major (Accountancy = A; Computer Information Systems = C; Marketing = M). Which of the
following is the best for presenting the data?
a) A contingency table.
b) A stem-and-leaf display
c) A time-series plot.
d) A Pareto chart.
7. True or False: In graphing two categorical data, the side-by-side bar chart is best suited when
comparing joint responses. true

8. True or False: One of the advantages of a pie chart is that it clearly shows that the total of all
the categories of the pie adds to 100%. true

9. To evaluate two categorical variables at the same time, a contingency table could be developed.

10. Relationships in a contingency table can be examined more fully if the frequencies are converted
into percentages

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