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 were 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 were collected. Below is the boxplot for the change in cost in dollars. The distribution of the change in cost is
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 were 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

A) right-skewed. 
B) left-skewed. 
C) symmetrical. 
D) none of the above

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The boxplot shows a longer right tail, indicating that there are a few universities with a large increase in cost which is pulling the mean to the right. Therefore, the distribution is right-skewed.

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