Creating and Interpreting Pie Charts
Students will construct and interpret pie charts to represent proportional data.
Key Questions
- Explain when a pie chart is the most appropriate graph for displaying data.
- Design a pie chart to represent a given set of categorical data.
- Critique common misinterpretations of pie charts.
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