C. Use the information in the bar graph you completed to answer each item.
1. What general statement can you make about the length of stay in the hospitals investigated? 2. Can you tell by looking at the bars which hospital had the greatest decrease in length of stay? If so, which did? 3. Calculate the percent decrease in length of stay for each hospital. Include these figures with a minus sign to the right of the appropriate bars. Round to the nearest tenth of a percent. 4. Which hospital had the smallest percent change in length of stay? D. On Your Own Choose your own topic or look through the newspaper to find one that is appropriate for a bar graph. Draw and label a bar graph, Write questions that can be answered by the information in the graph. Exchange graphs with a partner and answer the questions.
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