A student was studying the political party preferences of a university's student population. The survey instrument asked students to identify their political preferences-for example,Democrat,Republican,Libertarian,or another party. The best way to illustrate the frequencies for each political preference is a
A)bar chart.
B)box plot.
C)histogram.
D)frequency polygon.

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A bar chart is the best way to illustrate the frequencies for each political preference as it displays the frequency of each category on the y-axis and the categories themselves on the x-axis. This makes it easy to compare and contrast the number of students who identify with each political preference. A box plot, histogram, or frequency polygon would not be as effective in showing the frequencies of categorical data like political preferences.

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