Question

In May 2010, the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press carried out a national survey to gauge opinion on the Arizona Immigration Law. Responses (Favor, Oppose, Don’t Know) were examined according to groups defined by political party affiliation (Democrat, Republican, Independent). Which of the following would be appropriate for displaying these data?
a. Pie charts
b. Segmented bar chart.
c. Side by side bar chart.
d. Contigency table

Answer 1

Answer:  d. Contingency table

Explanation:

It's most effective to use a contingency table because we have two variables here: 1) the responses, and 2) the party affiliation.

We can have the responses along the rows and the party affiliation along the columns, or vice versa.

See the example below. The values are completely random simply for the purpose of the example (and not drawn from any real life data source).