Data on 1,500 students' height were collected at a larger university in the East Coast. Which of the following is the best chart for presenting the information?
A) a pie chart
B) a side-by-side bar chart
C) a histogram
D) a Pareto diagram

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A histogram is the best chart to present the distribution of the heights of 1,500 students. It displays the frequencies of height intervals (bins) with bars that touch each other, revealing patterns and trends in the data. A pie chart does not work because it only displays parts of a whole, not comparing different categories. A side-by-side bar chart could work, but it is better suited for comparing groups, rather than showing frequency distributions. A Pareto diagram is a sorted bar chart that shows the relative frequency of problems, not height data.

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