As summer heats up, Americans turn to ice cream as a way to cool off. One of the questions asked as part of a July 2009 Harris Poll was, €œWhat is your favorite way to eat ice cream?€The study included 2177 U.S. adults.

The accompanying €œFavorite Way to Eat Ice Cream€ graphic lists in percentages the distributions of the ways both genders prefer to eat their ice cream.
a. Identify the population, the variables, and the type of variables.
b. Construct a bar graph showing the two distributions side by side.
c. Do the distributions seem to be different for the genders? Explain.

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FAVORITE WAY TO EAT ICE CREAM Base: All adults who eat ice cream Favorite Way Cup Cone Sundae Sandwich Other Male, % 50 24 17 Female, % 41 34 18 101 100