Lions, Tigers, and Statistics, oh my!?

Question

Uhmmmmm, so here is the thing. I'm not that braniatical when it comes to mathematical problems. Now that I'm entering statistics, I find myself crawling on the ground trying to solve all these darn problems!

I'm not asking for the answer, because that's not only cheating, but socially frowned upon.

soooo, maybe if i could get some help on a problem:

Identify what the two numbers mean that are shown for each slice of the pie:

http://i38.tinypic.com/123ljk9.jpg

and thats all the information it gives.

Quantative? Categorical? Discrete? Continuous? I have no idea what it's asking!

I'm sure if it were a real pie, i'd have the solution right in my stomach. Unfortunately, its a pie of mathematical death!!! So if anyone could explain the problem to me, that would be superb! 8]

Answer 1

It looks like the first numbers (ex. 45 for Northeast) correspond to the total number of weather stations in a given region.

The percentages would then correspond to the percent of the total weather stations found in that region - so the Northeast region has 12.5% of the total weather stations in the state, country, whatever.

Answer 2

The first set of numbers...67,45,121,136 are the "n" represented in each group. The percentages are the percent each "n" is of the total population represented by the pie