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)left-skewed.
C)symmetrical.
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)left-skewed. 
C)symmetrical. 
D)None of the above.

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The boxplot shows a longer tail to the right, indicating that there are more extreme values on the higher end of the distribution. This suggests that the distribution is right-skewed.

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