Question

select the correct answer.

what is the shape of the following distribution?

\\{9, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12, 12, 13, 13, 13, 14, 14, 14, 14, 15, 15, 15, 15, 16, 16, 16, 16, 17, 17, 17, 17, 18, 19, 20\\}

negative skew
positive skew
symmetric
asymmetric with no skew
none of the above

Explanation:

Count the frequency of each value in the dataset

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Calculate the mean and median of the dataset

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Analyze the skewness of the distribution

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Answer:

• negative skew
• positive skew
• symmetric (Correct answer)
• asymmetric with no skew
• none of the above