Data on the change in the cost of tuition,a shared dormitory room,and the most popular meal plan from one academic year to the next academic year for a sample of 100 public universities were collected.Below is the boxplot for the change in cost in dollars.The distribution of the change in cost is
A) right-skewed.
B) symmetrical.
C) left-skewed.
D) None of the above.

Question

Data on the change in the cost of tuition,a shared dormitory room,and the most popular meal plan from one academic year to the next academic year for a sample of 100 public universities were collected.Below is the boxplot for the change in cost in dollars.The distribution of the change in cost is 
A) right-skewed. 
B) symmetrical. 
C) left-skewed. 
D) None of the above.

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The boxplot shows that the median (middle line inside the box) is closer to the bottom of the box, while the upper whisker (line extending from the top of the box) is longer than the lower whisker (line extending from the bottom of the box). This indicates that the distribution is skewed to the right, with more universities experiencing a smaller increase in cost and some universities experiencing a larger increase in cost.

Data on the Change in the Cost of Tuition,a Shared