A university is interested in their students' eating habits. They sampled students and asked the number of meals they usually skip in a given a week.
$$\begin{array} { c c }
\hline\begin{array} { c }
\text { Number of } \
\text { Meals }
\end{array} & \text { Number of students } \
\hline 1 & 40 \
2 & 89 \
3 & 20 \
4 & 38 \
5 & 30 \
6 & 39 \
\hline
\end{array}$$ If you want to plot the percentage students in each category, you should use a …
A) Bar chart
B) Pie chart
C) Scatterplot
D) None of the above are appropriate.

Question

A university is interested in their students' eating habits. They sampled students and asked the number of meals they usually skip in a given a week.
$$\begin{array} { c c } 
\hline\begin{array} { c } 
\text { Number of } \
\text { Meals }
\end{array} & \text { Number of students } \
\hline 1 & 40 \
2 & 89 \
3 & 20 \
4 & 38 \
5 & 30 \
6 & 39 \
\hline
\end{array}$$ If you want to plot the percentage students in each category, you should use a …
A) Bar chart
B) Pie chart
C) Scatterplot
D) None of the above are appropriate.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A pie chart is the best choice for showing percentages of data that add up to a whole, such as this data on the percentage of students who skip different numbers of meals in a week. Each category represents a "slice" of the whole (100%), and the size of each slice corresponds to the percentage of students in that category.

A University Is Interested in Their Students' Eating Habits If You Want to Plot the Percentage Students in Each