Question 1.32

1.32 The Canadian market.

Refer to Exercise 1.31. Here are similar data for the 13 Canadian provinces and territories:16

canadap

Province/territory Percent over 65
Alberta 11.1
British Columbia 15.7
Manitoba 14.3
New Brunswick 16.5
Newfoundland and Labrador 16.0
Northwest Territories 5.8
Nova Scotia 16.6
Nunavut 3.3
Ontario 14.6
Prince Edward Island 16.3
Quebec 15.9
Saskatchewan 14.9
Yukon 9.1
  1. Display the data graphically, and describe the major features of your plot.
  2. Explain why you chose the particular format for your graphical display. What other types of graph could you have used? What are the strengths and weaknesses of each for displaying this set of data?