Visual Representation and Analysis of Data

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Visual Representation and Analysis of Data

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3

0

1

1

0

0

0

Alaska

5

7

39

12

1

2

4

3

Arizona

278

171

128

3

3

6

42

55

10

Arkansas

164

110

51

10

4

45

18

30

California

1,861

1,275

855

34

33

353

263

233

90

Colorado

176

115

65

12

6

32

25

19

17

Connecticut

107

73

29

0

2

42

16

9

9

Delaware

63

52

26

0

0

26

6

3

2

District of Columbia

162

121

65

1

0

55

28

8

Georgia

565

464

394

16

10

44

38

60

3

Hawaii

19

4

1

1

0

2

6

2

7

Idaho

30

24

17

4

0

3

3

3

0

Illinois

497

440

431

2

1

6

29

25

3

Indiana

272

209

147

9

5

48

22

29

12

Iowa

72

49

31

0

2

16

10

5

8

Kansas

125

91

51

4

4

32

9

14

11

Kentucky

209

141

91

1

9

40

30

26

12

Louisiana

474

379

207

7

9

156

46

43

6

Maine

23

16

15

0

0

1

3

1

3

Maryland

372

279

266

3

3

7

44

33

16

Massachusetts

126

81

33

1

0

47

27

11

7

Michigan

571

389

148

10

10

221

52

103

27

Minnesota

133

79

47

6

9

17

21

23

10

Mississippi

159

126

102

3

5

16

11

14

8

Missouri

499

418

233

12

11

162

26

40

15

Montana

36

18

13

0

0

5

8

3

7

Nebraska

61

43

41

1

1

0

9

8

1

Nevada

177

113

17

1

1

94

25

30

9

New Hampshire

14

8

4

0

0

4

6

0

0

New Jersey

353

255

200

3

0

52

38

41

19

New Mexico

94

56

14

1

2

39

18

19

1

New York

611

383

331

1

5

46

104

104

20

North Carolina

506

353

235

10

21

87

41

77

35

North Dakota

17

9

5

0

0

4

3

1

4

Ohio

480

316

184

12

7

113

39

103

22

Oklahoma

233

149

113

8

9

19

33

32

19

Oregon

71

34

17

1

5

11

12

22

3

Pennsylvania

651

497

386

10

11

90

65

67

22

Rhode Island

27

10

3

0

1

6

10

6

1

South Carolina

394

312

201

7

10

94

34

34

14

South Dakota

27

12

5

1

5

1

8

2

5

Tennessee

402

297

204

13

7

73

40

51

14

Texas

1,276

906

610

19

36

241

146

135

89

Utah

54

34

26

2

0

6

5

6

9

Vermont

10

8

2

4

0

2

0

1

1

Virginia

383

275

148

6

7

114

51

43

14

Washington

209

141

84

3

5

49

18

36

14

West Virginia

57

30

19

1

1

9

6

17

4

Wisconsin

238

170

122

5

4

39

37

25

6

Wyoming

16

10

4

0

3

3

2

3

1

Guam

6

3

1

0

0

2

1

2

0

U.S. Virgin Islands

35

26

12

1

0

13

3

6

0

(FBI, 2015)

1 Total number of murders for which supplemental homicide data were received.

2 Pushed is included in hands, fists, feet, and so on.

3 Limited supplemental homicide data were received.

1. From the data in the table above, find the top 8 states with the most number of total murders. Then, construct a table showing the number of murders by each category of firearms.

2. Using the top 8 states with the most number of murders, construct a pie chart representing the number of murders in each state committed with shotguns; use percentages to make sure that the pie chart is correctly proportioned.

Show your graph here:

3. Using the top 8 states with the most number of murders, construct a bar graph representing the number of murders in each state committed with shotguns; use percentages to make sure that the bar graph is correctly proportioned.

Show your graph here:

4. Using the top 8 states with the most number of murders, construct an area chart representing the number of murders in each state committed with shotguns; use actual numerical values and make sure the area chart is correctly proportioned.

Show your chart here:

5. Which of the three chart types do you think gives the most useful visual information about the data represented? Please do your research and include appropriate references that support your final answer.

Explain your answer here:

6. Is there another chart type that you think would better represent these data? Why or why not? Please do your research and include appropriate references that support your final answer.

Explain your answer here:

Reference

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). (2015). Table 20: Murder by states, types of weapons, 2015. Retrieved from https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2015/crime-in-the-u.s.-2015/tables/table-20