Question

Paying for championships Refer to Exercise 73. Here is a better graph of the 2008 salary distributions for the Yankees and the Phillies. Write a few sentences comparing these two distributions.

Short answer

Shape: Because the highest bars in the histograms are to the left and the tail of smaller bars is to the right, both distributions are right-skewed.

Center: The Phillies' center is smaller than the Yankees' center because the Yankees' distribution is more skewed.

Spread: The Phillies' spread is smaller than the Yankees' spread because the distance between the most left and most right bar is greater for the Yankees than for the Phillies.

Step-by-step solution

Given information. 

Here's a more detailed graph of the Yankees and Phillies' salary distributions in 2008.

Step 2.  A few sentences contrasting the two distributions

Shape: Because the highest bars in the histograms are to the left and the tail of smaller bars is to the right, both distributions are right-skewed.

Center: The Phillies' center is smaller than the Yankees' center because the Yankees' distribution is more skewed.

Spread: The Phillies' spread is smaller than the Yankees' spread because the distance between the most left and most right bar is greater for the Yankees than for the Phillies.