Depicting Quantitative Data

Instructions A staff member of a city parks and recreation department wanted to collect data to determine how people might differ in their use of a city park in different seasons. She positioned six of her interns at different spots in the city park on three different days/times to identify fall, spring, and summer use. At each of these data collection sessions, the interns were instructed to write down the major activity for the first 100 people they saw. They later classified their activity observation as falling within one of the following categories: exercising, socializing with friends, spending time with family, enjoying nature, being alone, other. The following table shows the results - the numbers of people (the same as percentages since there are 100 persons for each season) in each activity category for each season.   Park Activity  SEASON OF THE YEAR    Park Activity                 FALL              SPRING               SUMMER  Exercise                           14                       25                          22  Socializing                        17                      16                           32  Family Time                      23                     31                           18  Enjoy Nature                    15                       8                            12  Being Alone                      28                      14                            8  Other                                 3                        6                             8 Choose 3 different ways (types of graphs) of depicting the data. Which type of graph do you think most clearly and accurately portrays the findings? Why? Which type of graph do you think would most clearly depict your findings to the general public? Write a brief descriptive paragraph in words summarizing the findings of the study.