Question

harrys electronics kept track of how many customers bought a newly released gaming system during the first month it was available. the following box plot was created from this data. which of the following properly describes the data? ○a. the data is skewed right. ○b. the data is skewed left. ○c. the data is symmetric. ○d. there is not enough information to determine if the data is skewed.

Explanation:

In a box - plot, if the whisker on the right side is longer than the whisker on the left side (or there are more extreme values on the right), the data is skewed right. Here, looking at the box - plot, the right - hand side has an outlier (the * symbol) and the right - hand whisker (from the box to the outlier) is relatively long compared to the left - hand side. So, the data has a tail on the right side.

Answer:

A. The data is skewed right.