A graphical display of a data set is given. State whether the distribution is (roughly)symmetric, right skewed, or leftskewed.
-A stem-and-leaf diagram is given below for the number of vacation days taken in 2006 by the employees of an electronics company. $\begin{array}{l|l}
0 & 401363584368002 \
1 & 14251403010 \
2 & 02034 \
3 & 01 \
4 & 3
\end{array}$

A)Left skewed
B)Right skewed
C)Symmetric

Question

A graphical display of a data set is given. State whether the distribution is (roughly)symmetric, right skewed, or leftskewed.
-A stem-and-leaf diagram is given below for the number of vacation days taken in 2006 by the employees of an electronics company. $\begin{array}{l|l}
0 & 401363584368002 \
1 & 14251403010 \
2 & 02034 \
3 & 01 \
4 & 3
\end{array}$
 
A)Left skewed
B)Right skewed
C)Symmetric

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The distribution is right skewed because the stem-and-leaf diagram shows a long tail to the right (more values spread out on the lower end) and fewer values extending to the higher end.

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