GMAT Data Insights: Graphics Interpretation 3

Question 1

A stacked bar chart shows total quarterly revenue split by product line. To read one product's trend over quarters, you should track:

Accepted Answer

The height of that product's segment across bars

Answer

A single product's trend is found by following its own segment's size across each bar.

Question 2

A box plot shows a median line far closer to the bottom of the box than the top. This indicates the data is:

Accepted Answer

Right-skewed

Answer

A median near the lower quartile with a longer upper portion indicates right (positive) skew.

Question 3

On a scatter plot, one point sits far from the main cluster. This point is best described as a(n):

Accepted Answer

Outlier

Answer

A point lying far outside the general pattern is an outlier.

Question 4

A bubble chart uses bubble size to show market size. A large bubble at low price and high volume suggests:

Accepted Answer

A large market selling many low-priced units

Answer

Large bubble size means a large market, low x means low price, high y means high volume.

Question 5

A line graph shows two lines that intersect at March. The intersection point means that in March the two quantities were:

Accepted Answer

Equal

Answer

Where two lines cross, the y-values of both series are equal at that x-value.

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