The entire class was asked to name their favorite sport and the table below displays that data.

6 chose football 5 chose volleyball 10 chose basketball 3 chose hockey and 6 chose soccer



What type of data display would be most appropriate for this situation? Why?

*Select from the red words for blank 1. Then select from the blue phrases for blank 2.

red words
circle graph stem and leaf plot or histogram

blue words
it shows the distribution of the data on the chart and the chart has categorical data with less than 6 categories

1 answer

The most appropriate data display for this situation would be a circle graph because it shows the distribution of the data on the chart and the chart has categorical data with less than 6 categories.

A circle graph (or pie chart) effectively illustrates how the preferences are divided among the different sports in a visually appealing way.