A club records the favorite sport of each of 120 members from five sports. The variable is categorical, and readers need to compare how many members chose each sport. What display should be used?

A survey records 200 students' favorite lunch type from four categories. The cafeteria wants to show each category as a percentage of all responses, with the shares making one whole. What display fits?

A teacher records the number of books read by each of 18 students this month. The variable is a small whole-number count, and repeated exact values should stack above the number line. What display fits?

A farm records the masses, in kilograms, of 24 calves to the nearest kilogram. The measured values are mostly two-digit numbers, and the original masses should remain readable. What display fits?

A clinic records wait times, in minutes, for 85 patients. The variable is measured, and the manager wants the distribution shown in 10-minute intervals. What display fits?

A track coach records 50 race times, in seconds, for one team. The coach wants a quick summary of the median, quartiles, range, and possible extremes on one number line. What display fits?

A school records how 400 students get to school using six categories: bus, car, walk, bike, train, or other. Readers need to compare category counts. What display should be used?

A cafeteria summarizes entree sales as percentages for pizza, salad, pasta, tacos, and soup. The five percentages total 100%, and readers need to see each part of total sales. What display fits?

A coach has last season's scores for two rival teams, 40 games for each team. The question is which team has the higher median and greater spread on the same scale. What display fits?

A science class measures the heights, in centimeters, of 96 seedlings. The question is whether the measured heights are clustered, skewed, or roughly symmetric in 5-centimeter classes. What display fits?

A music teacher records 22 students' practice times, in minutes, for one evening. The question is where exact times repeat, and each student's value must stay visible. What display fits?

A principal records the ages, in years, of 30 teachers. The question asks for a compact display that keeps each age readable by tens and ones. What display fits?

A survey lets 150 students pick every app category they use from six categories, so the counts add to more than 150. Readers need to compare how many students chose each category. What display should be used?

An election poll asks each respondent to pick one of four candidates or undecided. A reader wants to see at a glance whether the leading choice has more than half of all respondents. What display fits?

A newspaper plans a pie chart for one city's daily high temperature, in degrees Celsius, on each of 30 days. Temperature is measured, and the days are not parts of one whole. What should replace it?

A counselor plans a histogram for students' favorite elective: art, band, coding, drama, or robotics. The variable is categorical, and the goal is to compare category counts. What should replace it?

An athletic director plans a bar graph with one bar for each exact long-jump distance from 55 athletes, measured in centimeters. The goal is to show the distribution in equal-width distance classes. What should replace it?

A reporter plans two pie charts for quiz scores from two classes, 28 students each. The question is which class has the higher median and wider spread. What should replace the pie charts?

A yearbook committee plans a box plot for votes among four mascot choices. The votes are categorical, and the question is what percentage of all votes each mascot received. What should replace it?

A lab has 24 reaction times, in milliseconds, from 250 to 490, with few repeats. The display must group the times by tens to show the shape, while keeping every exact time readable. What display fits?

A PE teacher records how many laps each of 16 students ran, with whole numbers from 0 to 8. The teacher wants to spot the most common lap count and any gaps on a number line while keeping each student's value. What display fits?

A nurse records 26 resting pulse rates, in beats per minute, from 52 to 98. The display must show the shape of the data compactly while keeping every exact rate readable. What display fits?

A botanist records the number of seeds in each of 14 pods, with counts from 2 to 12. With so few pods, a five-number summary would hide most of the data, so every pod must appear on a number line. What display fits?

An astronomy club records meteors seen on 28 nights, with counts from 0 to 99. Few counts repeat, so a dot plot would be spread thin. The club wants a compact display that still lists every nightly count. What display fits?