Ja’ron collected data about the number of students participating in different types of after-school programs. The chart displays his findings. Program Students Participating sports 23 art 25 academic 21 religious 18 family 32 Which type of graph would best display the data?

The data compare the number of students in five categories of after-school programs. A bar graph is best for comparing counts across categories, such as 23 students in sports and 32 in family programs. A line graph is typically used to show change over time, while stem-and-leaf plots and line plots display numerical data rather than category totals.

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