Question

For these questions you answer them using one of the charts/tables listed below.

Table • Bar chart • Grouped bar chart • Segmented bar chart • Pictograms • Gantt chart • Line chart • Area chart • Pie charts • Map • Flowchart

a.Data showing the growth in the number of students using PDAs during the past three years.

Line Graph

b. Data showing the distribution of contributions to the company's education matching gifts program by functional unit.

Pie Chart

c.Data showing the availability of apartments by type (studio, number of bedrooms) in a designated area.

Bar Chart

d.The growth in subscriptions of a magazine over the past four years by state.

Gantt Chart

e.Data showing the functional areas of a company from the CEO to the vice presidents to the line supervisors.

Flow Chart

f. Predicted senior citizen population by state for the year 2010.

Map/Line

g. Instructions to human resources managers for conducting team interviews.

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h. Figures comparing the percentage of warranty claims of a company's three product lines for the past four quarters.

Segmented Bar Chart

i.Data showing the total number of calls to a company's ethics hotline over the past two years. The data should show changes in the classifications of reported issues (e.g., financial fraud, employment discrimination, etc.).

Bar Chart

j. Data showing the number of people utilizing the portfolio option of a financial investment firm's website. The data should depict the number of portfolios opened by investors in five age categories during each of the past four quarters.

Area Chart

Answer 1

Scenario	Chart Type	Justification
Data showing the growth in the number of students using PDAs during the past three years.	Line Chart	Line charts depict changes in quantitative data over time and illustrate trends.
Data showing the distribution of contributions to the company’s education matching gifts program by functional unit.	Pie chart	From the 100% contribution, I will be divided and represented sensibly and thus it is quite easy to understand.
Data showing the availability of apartments by type (studio, 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom, etc.) in a designated area.	Grouped Bar chart	Distinguished by the area and then on the basis of apartment types will efficiently communicate the availability in each area.
The growth in subscriptions of a magazine over the past four years by state.	Area Chart	The state of each other can be evaluated quite easily and evaluate the sales of magazine over the period
Predicted senior citizen population by state for the year 2010.	Vertical bar chart	It will represent two dimensions, population, and state. Easiest way to convey.
Instructions to human resources managers for conducting team interviews.	Flow Chart	Flow chart format can easily explain the Text presented in steps
Figures comparing the percentage of warranty claims of a company’s three product lines for the past four quarters.	Segmented Bar chart	Each bar can represent each product line and type of claim(fulfilled, pending, etc)
Data showing the total number of calls to a company’s ethics hotline over the past two years. The data should show changes in the classifications of reported issues (e.g., financial fraud, employment discrimination, etc.).	Vertical Bar chart	Each type of call can be represented by one bar which will represent the amount of each call.
Data showing the number of people utilizing the portfolio option of a financial investment firm’s website. The data should depict the number of portfolios opened by investors in five age categories during each of the past four quarters.	Area chart	This will represent the number of accounts opened by the different age group of investors .