1.   Which type of graph is most appropriate for displaying the proposed budget for a family if the budget includes six categories?
    A. circle graph B. line plot
    C. scatter plot D. histogram
    Hint

  2.   Which type of display is most appropriate for showing the ages of workers and their annual income?
    A. circle graph B. histogram
    C. scatter plot D. line plot
    Hint

  3.   What is the third quartile of this set of test scores?
63, 72, 74, 83, 91, 92, 95
    A. 72 B. 92
    C. 93 D. 70
    Hint

  4.   Which type of representation seems most useful for displaying temperature data?
    A. stem-and-leaf plot B. pie chart
    C. box-and-whisker plot D. line graph
    Hint

  5.   When would you use a box-and-whisker plot?
    A. When you want to breakdown a whole into parts or categories.
    B. When you want to know how often values in particular ranges appear.
    C. When you want to see whether the values are mostly high, low, or in the middle.
    D. When you want to see how values fall into groups of 10 (or 100) and still be able to see the individual values.
    Hint



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