A student wants to use a curve to represent the number of students in each class over the school day.The student's friend says a bar chart should be used.Who is correct, and why?
A) The student; the curve is a more accurate representation.
B) The friend; the data on class sizes are discrete but a curve implies the data are continuous.
C) Both; either form of the graph gives the same information.
D) Neither; the graph should present the cumulative frequency.

Question

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Since the data on class sizes are discrete, a bar chart should be used instead of a curve which implies continuous data. A bar chart would show the exact number of students in each class, providing a more accurate representation of the data.

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