For an American History project, Allyson wants to show the number of electoral votes given to each of the 50 states in presidential elections. Those electoral votes range from 3 to 47. She is trying to show the very large differences between the number of electoral votes assigned to different states.

What type of display do you think Allyson should use to show the data? Explain how she could display the data and why this would be an appropriate display for her purposes.

Hint: There is more than one display that would be acceptable. Just be sure to justify your answer!

Question

For an American History project, Allyson wants to show the number of electoral votes given to each of the 50 states in presidential elections. Those electoral votes range from 3 to 47. She is trying to show the very large differences between the number of electoral votes assigned to different states. 

What type of display do you think Allyson should use to show the data? Explain how she could display the data and why this would be an appropriate display for her purposes. 

Hint: There is more than one display that would be acceptable. Just be sure to justify your answer!

nurali · Answer

Histogram. Well, it is the only one that really makes sense out of those 4, and when comparing things a Histogram is very easy to read because you can just look for the one that is the tallest and you automatically know which is the highest, same goes for the lowest. I choose the Histogram because it is the easiest to read.