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 are 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 are 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

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The boxplot is skewed to the right, which means there are some extreme values pulling the distribution towards the higher end. This suggests that there may be a few universities that experienced a much larger increase in cost than the rest of the sample.

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