Chapter B.1, Problem 32E

To determine

To graph:

Organizing the given data in the appropriate display.

Answer to Problem 32E

Given data organized in bar graph as below:

  

Explanation of Solution

Given information:

Year	Female athletes (in thousands)	Male athletes (in thousands)
$2002$	$2807$	$3961$
$2003$	$2856$	$3989$
$2004$	$2865$	$4038$
$2005$	$2908$	$4110$
$2006$	$2953$	$4207$
$2007$	$3022$	$4321$
$2008$	$3057$	$4372$
$2009$	$3114$	$4423$
$2010$	$3173$	$4456$
$2011$	$3174$	$4494$
$2012$	$3208$	$4485$
$2013$	$3223$	$4491$

Graph:

Interpretation:

For the given data of the numbers of participants (in thousands) in high school athletic programs in the United States from $2002$ through $2013$ bar graph is used for displaying the data.

As bar graph the bar graph is generally used for displaying a categorical data (this is the data which fits into various category or groups).

According to the above graph, as the year increases the females and male athletes slightly increases at a constant rate.