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

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The boxplot shows a longer upper whisker and a shorter lower whisker, indicating that the values are skewed to the right. The median line is also closer to the bottom of the box, further suggesting right-skewness.

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