Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning from Data (4th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780321997838
Author: Alan Agresti, Christine A. Franklin, Bernhard Klingenberg
Publisher: PEARSON
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Construct the bar graph ordering the regions (i) alphabetically and (ii) as in a Pareto chart and explain which one is preferred.
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