1. (LO 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5) For each example, which descriptive data visualization is better:

a pie chart or a bar chart or line chart?

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Example Data Visualization

(Pie Chart or Bar/Line Chart)

Trend of net income over the past 5 years Proportions (relative sales of each of the company’s products to the company’s total sales)

Ratio data (data with a meaningful zero)

Company sales versus returns Categorical data (number of companies using different depreciation methods)