The same poll described in Exercise 3.52 also asked the question, “What about salaries? These days, if a man and a woman are doing the same work, do you think the man generally earns more, the woman generally earns more, or that both earn the same amount?” The resulting data are shown in the following table:

a. Construct a comparative bar chart that allows the responses for women and men to be compared.

b. Construct two pie charts, one summarizing the responses for women and one summarizing the responses for men.

c. Is it easier to compare the responses of women and men by looking at the comparative bar chart or the two pie charts? Explain.

d. Write a brief paragraph describing the difference between women and men with respect to the way they answered this question.

Data from Exercises 52

The web site PollingReport.com gave data from a CBS news poll conducted in December 1999. In the survey described, people were asked the following question: “All things considered, in our society today, do you think there are more advantages in being a man, more advantages in being a woman, or are there no more advantages in being one than the other?” Responses for men and for women are summarized in the following table:

Response Man earns more Woman earns more Both earn the same Don't know Relative Frequency Women .70 .01 .25 .04 Men .59 .01 .34 .06