Selecting Appropriate Graphics: Select the most effective graphic means of presenting the following data. Name the graphic presentation you choose and justify your decision.
- Data showing the growth in the number of students using android devices during the past three years.
- Data showing the distribution of contributions to the company's education matching gifts program by functional unit.
- Data showing the availability of apartments by type (studio, number of bedrooms) in a designated area.
- The growth in subscriptions of a magazine over the past four years by state.
- Data showing the functional areas of a company from the CEO to the vice presidents to the line supervisors.
- Predicted senior citizen population by state for the year 2010.
- Instructions to human resources managers for conducting team interviews.
- Figures comparing the percentage of warranty claims of a company's three product lines for the past four quarters.
- Data showing the total number of calls to a company's ethics hotline over the past two years. The data should show changes in the classifications of reported issues (e.g., financial fraud, employment discrimination, etc.).
- Data showing the number of people utilizing the portfolio option of a financial investment firm's website. The data should depict the number of portfolios opened by investors in five age categories during each of the past four quarters.
- Data showing percentage of organizational projects that are delayed, on time, or ahead of schedule.
- Figures showing the number of MBA or graduate business employees hired by Addy Industries during the past five years.
- Company capital investments in each of five countries during the last fiscal year.
- Graphic tracking the progress of a product development team working on a new refrigeration product for a 2010 launch date.