For each data sets in Exercises 2.26-2.31,

a. determine a frequency distribution.

b. obtain a relative-frequency distribution.

c. draw a pie chart.

d. Construct a bar chart.

Road Rage. The report Controlling Road Rage: A Literature Review and Pilot Study was prepared for the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety by D. Rathbone and J. Huckabee. The authors discuss the results of a literature review and pilot study on how to prevent aggressive driving and road rage. As described in the study, road rage is criminal behavior by motorists characterized by uncontrolled anger that results in violence or threatened violence on the road. One of the goals of the study was to determine when road rage occurs most often. The days on which 69 road rage incidents occurred are presented in the following table.

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Part a. The frequency distribution is given as

DayTallyFrequency
M|||||5
Tu|||||||||||
11
W||||||||||||
12
Th|||||||||||
11
F||||||||||||||||||
18
Sa|||||||
7
Su|||||
5

Part b. The relative frequency distribution is given as

DayFrequencyRelative Frequency
M5569=0.0725
Tu111169=0.1594
W121269=0.1739
Th111169=0.1594
F181869=0.2609
Sa7769=0.1014
Su5569=0.0725
Total691

Part c. The pie chart is given as

Part d. The bar chart is shown as

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Part (a) Step 1. Given Information 

We have been presented a table in which it is shown the days on which 69 road rage incidents occurred.

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Part (a) Step 2. Frequency Distribution

For the given data we have seven days of a week. And the frequency distribution can be done as

DayTallyFrequency
M|||||
5
Tu|||||||||||
11
W||||||||||||
12
Th|||||||||||
11
F||||||||||||||||||
18
Sa|||||||
7
Su|||||
5
03

Part (b) Step 1. Relative Frequency Distribution 

The relative frequency distribution for the given data is given as

DayFrequencyRelative Frequency
M5569=0.0725
Tu111169=0.1594
W121269=0.1739
Th111169=0.1594
F181869=0.2609
Sa7769=0.1014
Su5569=0.0725
Total691
04

Part (c) Step 1. Pie Chart

The pie chart for the data is shown as

05

Part (d) Step 1. Bar Chart

The bar chart for the data is shown as

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