A graphical display of a data set is given. Identify the overall shape of the distribution as (roughly)bell-shaped,triangular, uniform, reverse J-shaped, J-shaped, right skewed, left skewed, bimodal, or multimodal.
-A stem-and-leaf diagram is given below for the annual precipitation in one U.S. city for 28 consecutive years. Precipitation data are in inches. $\begin{array} { l | l }
0 & 9 \
1 & 142 \
2 & 0203 \
3 & 01472832 \
4 & 13487 \
5 & 1748 \
6 & 36 \
7 & 1
\end{array}$
A)Triangular
B)Bell-shaped
C)Right skewed
D)Left skewed

Question

A graphical display of a data set is given. Identify the overall shape of the distribution as (roughly)bell-shaped,triangular, uniform, reverse J-shaped, J-shaped, right skewed, left skewed, bimodal, or multimodal.
-A stem-and-leaf diagram is given below for the annual precipitation in one U.S. city for 28 consecutive years. Precipitation data are in inches. $\begin{array} { l | l } 
0 & 9 \
1 & 142 \
2 & 0203 \
3 & 01472832 \
4 & 13487 \
5 & 1748 \
6 & 36 \
7 & 1
\end{array}$ 
A)Triangular
B)Bell-shaped
C)Right skewed
D)Left skewed

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The distribution of the data, when visualized from the stem-and-leaf plot, shows a concentration of data points around the middle values with fewer occurrences towards the extremes, which is characteristic of a bell-shaped distribution.

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A Graphical Display of a Data Set Is Given $\begin{array} { l | l } 0 & 9 \\1 & 142 \\2 & 0203 \\3 & 01472832 \\4 & 13487 \\5 & 1748 \\6 & 36 \\7 & 1\end{array}$