Three of these are wrong. Find the one that holds.

Exercise and reference answers

Questions

1. Question

   Three of these statements about pie charts are false.

   Choices

   1. Item

      It shows parts of a single whole

      Correct

      Yes

   2. Explanation

      A line graph does that.

      Item

      It shows growth over time

   3. Explanation

      Slices are shares; you need the total to get counts.

      Item

      It gives absolute counts without a total

   4. Explanation

      They always account for the entire total.

      Item

      Its slices need not sum to the whole

Explanation