Dr. Franklin wishes to display the self-reported sexual arousal of male and female participants as a function of whether a male or a female selected the sexually explicit video clips that participants viewed. Is a bar or a line graph more appropriate to display such data? On which axis should self-reported arousal appear?

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A bar graph is more appropriate for displaying categorical data, such as the gender of the person selecting video clips and the gender of the participants. Self-reported arousal, being a numerical variable, should be displayed on the y-axis, with the categories (male/female selector and participant gender) on the x-axis.

Dr Franklin Wishes to Display the Self-Reported Sexual Arousal of Male