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

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1. 23. Customers tend to stick with manufacturers from the same region. Someone trading in a domestic car tends to get another domestic car, whereas someone who trades in an Asian car buys an Asian car. The more subtle message is that those who own Asian cars are more loyal.

2. 25. This is a bar chart comparing the shares of U.S. debt held in these countries.

3. 27.

   1. No, the categories are not mutually exclusive.

   2. Divided bars such as these might work well.

      

4. 29. No, the categories are not mutually exclusive.

5. 31. We would have a bar chart with nearly 200 categories.

6. 33. One very long bar (height 900) and five shorter bars of height 20 each. ...