A CFO is looking at what percentage of a company's resources are spent on computing. He samples companies in the pharmaceutical industry and develops the following stem-and-leaf display (leaf unit = 0.1). What is the approximate shape of the distribution of the data?
A) normal
B) skewed to the right
C) skewed to the left
D) bimodal
E) uniform

Question

A CFO is looking at what percentage of a company's resources are spent on computing. He samples companies in the pharmaceutical industry and develops the following stem-and-leaf display (leaf unit = 0.1).  What is the approximate shape of the distribution of the data?
A) normal 
B) skewed to the right 
C) skewed to the left 
D) bimodal 
E) uniform

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

With outliers at the stem of 13 and the majority of the data grouped around stems 6, 7, and 8, the shape is skewed with the outliers to the right.

A CFO Is Looking at What Percentage of a Company's