A distribution of income for a sample of 45 people that consists of the presidents of the five largest corporations in the United States and forty assembly line workers would be
A) unskewed
B) negatively skewed
C) positively skewed
D) symmetrical

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The distribution is likely to be positively skewed because a few individuals (the presidents of the five largest corporations) are likely to have much higher incomes than the majority of the sample (the assembly line workers). This will result in a tail to the right of the distribution, leading to positive skewness.

A Distribution of Income for a Sample of 45 People