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Chapter 2: Q. 50 (page 134)

Use the following information to answer the next three exercises: State whether the data are symmetrical, skewed to the left, or skewed to the right.

16;17;19;22;22;22;22;22;23

Short Answer

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The data is skewed to the right.

Step by step solution

01

Given information 

The data given is:

16;17;19;22;22;22;22;22;23

02

Explanation 

The plot of the data is

Since the data has the highest frequency at 22which is the right side of the graph. Also, the beside bars are less than the highest bar. We can say the graph is skewed to the right.

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