Zeke wants to visually show the relative proportions of each response to the question "How often do you eat in the company cafeteria?" that was on the questionnaire for his research study. The most appropriate visual display method would be for him to use a _____.
A) box plot
B) pie chart
C) whisker plot
D) dispersion plot
E) histogram

Question

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A pie chart is the best choice to visually show the relative proportions of each response to a categorical variable, such as the frequency of eating in the company cafeteria. A pie chart also makes it easy to compare the sizes of each category and see which category is the largest or smallest. Box plots, whisker plots, and histograms are better suited for continuous variables, while dispersion plots are better suited for showing the relationship between two continuous variables.

Zeke Wants to Visually Show the Relative Proportions of Each