What are the guidelines for selecting tables vs graphs?

What will be an ideal response?


Use tables for: Reading individual data values.
Use graphs for: Providing a quick summary of data; detecting trends over time; comparing points and patterns of different variables; forecasting activities; reporting vast amounts of information when relatively simple impressions are to be drawn.

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A) convenience products; staples B) durable goods; nondurable goods C) industrial products; packaged goods D) shopping products; impulse products E) shopping products; convenience products

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A) Bond Interest Expense 520 Unamortized Bond Premium 30Cash 550 B) Bond Interest Expense 520 Cash 520 C) Bond Interest Expense 550 Cash 550 D) Unamortized Bond Premium 520 Cash 520

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