Parking at a university has become a problem. University administrators are interested in determining the average time it takes a student to find a parking spot. An administrator inconspicuously followed 300 students and recorded how long it took each of them to find a parking spot. Which of the following types of graphs should not be used to display information concerning the students parking times?
A) pie chart
B) stem-and-leaf display
C) histogram
D) box plot

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A pie chart is not appropriate for displaying information concerning the students' parking times because it is used to represent categorical data, not numerical data.

Parking at a University Has Become a Problem