Shape of Data and Skew Practice

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11 questions
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What type of skewness is suggested in the box plot shown?

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Describe the shape of the distribution shown.

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Which of the following is an accurate description of the distribution below?

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Describe the shape of the distribution shown.

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Describe the shape of the distribution shown.

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A data set consisting of the number of hours each of 40 students watched television over the weekend has a minimum value of 3 hours, a Q1 value of 5 hours, a median value of 6 hours, a Q3 value of 9 hours, and a maximum value of 12 hours. Draw a box plot representing this data distribution.

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What is the interquartile range (IQR) for this distribution?

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What percent of the students fall within this interval?

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Do you think the data distribution represented by the box plot is a skewed distribution? Why or why not?

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Estimate the typical number of hours students watched television.

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Explain why you chose this value:

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