Statistics for Business: Decision Making and Analysis, 3rd Edition

Mix and Match

In each case, unless noted, bar charts are better to emphasize counts, whereas pie charts are better to communicate the relative share of the total amount.

1. 1. Pie chart, bar chart, or Pareto chart

2. 3. Bar chart, Pareto chart or table (3 values)

3. 5. Bar chart, Pareto chart (counts) or pie chart (share)

4. 7. Pareto chart

5. 9. Pie chart (shares) or a table (3 values)

6. 11. Bar chart or table (4 values)