An article about college loans (New Rules Would Protect Students, USA Today, June 16, 2010) reported the

An article about college loans (€œNew Rules Would Protect Students,€ USA Today, June 16, 2010) reported the percent-age of students who had defaulted on a student loan within 3 years of when they were scheduled to begin repayment. Information was given for public colleges, private nonprofit colleges, and for- profit colleges.

a. Construct a comparative bar chart that would allow you to compare loan status for the three types of colleges.
b. The article states €œthose who attended for- profit schools were more likely to default than those who attended public or private non- profit schools.€ What aspect of the comparative bar chart supports this statement?

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Relative Frequency Private Public Colleges Nonprofit For-Proftt Loan Status Good Standing 0928 In Default Colleges Colleges 0.953 0.047 0.167 0.833 0.072