Question

The following table represents the percentage of voters, by age, who favor increasing the minimum wage in a particular city.

Ages 18 - 29 30 - 39 40 - 49 50 - 59 60 and up Percentage 70% 30% 35% 15% 20%

a) Would a pie chart be appropriate for this data? Explain why or why not.

b) Would a Pareto chart be appropriate for this data? Explain why or why not.

Answer 1

a) Would a pie chart be appropriate for this data? Explain why or why not.

Pie chart is mostly used for displaying data for around 6 categories or fewer.So here we have data which are lesser than 6 categories. So pie chart for this data is more appropriate

Pie charts are generally used to show percentage or proportional data and usually the percentage represented by each category is provided next to the corresponding slice of pie

b) Would a Pareto chart be appropriate for this data? Explain why or why not.

compare to pie chart , pareto chart is more appropriate for the above data. Because the data we can use to make Histogram and the data visualization is more accurate and understandable in the pareto type of chart.The lengths of the bars represent frequency or cost (time or money), and are arranged with longest bars on the left and the shortest to the right. In this way the chart visually depicts which situations are more significant