a) The image shows a pie chart of the primary source of funding for internationa

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a) The image shows a pie chart of the primary source of funding for international education in 2016. Write a few sentences to describe the distribution and explain why a pie chart is appropriate here.

b)Page 2 shows a bar plot of the number of graduated international students with different types of visa in 5 years. Describe the general pattern from 2012 to 2016. Which group grows faster, the students with OPT or the students with STEM extension? (First think about how to define "faster" properly.)

Primary Source of Funding Current/Future Home Govt or US. College or 0% 15% Private Sponsor 1% Personal & Family Funds 82% Funding Source So Oth. Total Home Govt or Personal & Fa 27 172 Immigration Status Total 2993 70 Gender So Oth Total 62 1167 137 154 102 Total 876 265 248 242 265 299 242

Explanation / Answer

(a) Pie charts are generally used to show percentage or proportional data and usually the percentage represented by each category is provided next to the corresponding slice of pie. Pie charts are good for displaying data for around 6 categories or fewer.

here persnol and family funds share is largest followed by US University or College funds and Current and future employer fund is least.

(b) change in graduated students from its base year i.e. from Fall 2012 to Fall 2016.

for Stem Extension the graduated students incrased about 649% while for OPT it is 68.5% . so STEM Extension grew faster than OPT

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