Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data (4th Edition)
4th Edition
ISBN: 9780321997838
Author: Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin, Bernhard Klingenberg
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 2.2, Problem 10PB
Generating Electricity In 2012 in the United States, most electricity was generated from coal (37%), natural gas (30%), or nuclear power plants (19%). Hydropower accounted for 7% of the total electricity produced; other renewable sources such as wind or solar power accounted for 5%. Other nonrenewable sources (such as petroleum) made up the remaining 2%. (Source: http://www.eia.gov/ electricity/annual/html/epa_01_01.html)
- a. Display this information in a bar graph.
- b. Which is easier to sketch relatively accurately, a pie chart or a bar chart?
- c. What is the advantage of using a graph to summarize the results instead of merely stating the percentages for each source?
- d. What is the modal category?
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