A student was studying the political party preferences of a university's student population. The survey instrument asked students to identify their political preference, for example, democrat, republican, libertarian, or other party. The best way to illustrate the relative frequency distribution is a:
A) Bar chart.
B) Pie chart.
C) Histogram.
D) Frequency polygon.

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A pie chart is ideal for illustrating the relative frequency distribution of categorical data, such as political party preferences, as it visually represents the proportion of each category relative to the whole.

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