Question

Consider this data collected from a survey of a colony.

Favourite  Sport	Cricket	BasketBall	Swimming	Hockey	Athletics
Watching	1240	470	510	423	250
Participating	620	320	320	250	105

(i) Draw a double bar graph choosing an appropriate scale. What do you infer from the bar graph?

(ii) Which sport is most popular?

(iii) Which is more preferred, watching or participating in sports?

Answer 1

Data represented by the double bar graph is as follows:

(i) This bar graph represents the number of persons who are watching and participating in their favourite sports.

(ii) Cricket is most popular.

(iii) Watching sports is more preferred.