Statistics: The Art and Science of Learning From Data (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321755944
ISBN 13: 978-0-32175-594-0

Chapter 2 - Section 2.6 - Recognizing and Avoiding Misuses of Graphical Summaries - Practicing the Basics - Page 79: 2.89

Answer

Some areas are not proportional with the percentages

Work Step by Step

Check if the percentages add to 100: $20+19+16+13+8+5+1+18=100$ We notice that not all the areas are directly proportional to the percentages they represent: for example, the $16\%$ area is greater than the $19\%$ area and the $20\%$ area.
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