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Freshmen Politics. The Higher Education Research Institute of the University of California, Los Angeles, publishes information on characteristics of incoming college freshmen in The American Freshman. In 2000,27.7%of incoming freshmen characterized their political views as liberal, 51.9%as moderate, and 20.4%as conservative. For this year, a random sample of 500incoming college freshmen yielded the following frequency distribution for political views.

a. obtain a relative-frequency distribution.

b. draw a pie chart.

c. construct a bar chart.

Short Answer

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a). The frequency distribution is,

ViewFrequencyRelative FrequencyLiberal147147500=0.294Moderate237237500=0.474Conservative116116500=0.232Total5001

b). The pie-chart,

c). The bar-chart,

Step by step solution

01

Part (a) Step 1: Given Information

The data is given as,

02

Part (a) Step 2:  Explanation

The relative frequency can be calculated using the formula,

Relative Frequency=FrequencyNumberofObservations

In the table below, the frequency distribution is presented.

ViewFrequencyRelative FrequencyLiberal147147500=0.294Moderate237237500=0.474Conservative116116500=0.232Total5001

03

Part (a) Step 1: Given Information

The data is given as,

04

Part (b) Step 2: Explanation

MINITAB has been used to create the pie chart.

The portion for each class in a pie chart is calculated by multiplying 360∘by the appropriate relative frequencies.

The steps of drawing a pie chart are as follows:

- Select Graph > Pie Chart from the menu bar.

- Choose values for the chart from the table.

- Select Viewunder Categorical Variable from the drop-down menu.

- Under Summary variables, choose Frequency.

- Go to the Labels tab and then to the Slide Labels tab.

- Under Label pie pieces with, double-check Category name and Percentage.

- Select OK.

Figure 1 shows the pie chart for the supplied data set.

05

Part (c) Step 1: Given Information

The data is given as,

06

Part (c) Step 2: Explanation

The construction of the bar chart is depicted in the diagram below. MINITAB has been used to create the bar chart. The steps to making a bar chart are as follows:

- Select Graph > Bar Chart from the drop-down menu.

- Select Values from a table from the Bars represent section.

- Click OK after selecting Simple.

- Add one column of FREQUENCY to Categorical variables.

- Select options for the chart

- Choose Show yas Percentage from the drop-down menu.

- Select OK.

The supplied data set's bar chart is depicted in the picture below.

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