Question

indie asks students at her school, \how many books did you read over the summer?\ the histogram shows the data.
where does this distribution have a peak?
0 to 2 books
which statement best describes the distribution?
the distribution is skewed right.
the distribution is skewed left.
the distribution is symmetric.

Explanation:

• For the peak: In a histogram, the peak is the bar with the highest frequency. Looking at the y - axis (frequency) and the bars, the bar for 0 - 2 books has the highest frequency.
• For the skewness: A distribution is skewed right if the tail of the histogram extends to the right (towards larger values). Here, as the number of books increases (from 0 - 2 to 12 - 15), the frequencies decrease, creating a tail on the right side.

Answer:

• Peak: 0 to 2 books
• Distribution description: The distribution is skewed right.