Consider the following to answer the question(s) below:
The boxplots below show monthly sales revenue figures ($ thousands) for a discount office supply company with locations in three different regions of Canada (Atlantic, Central and West).
-A sample of families with children at a local school is found to have a mean of 3.2 members per family. The mode number of family members is 2 and the median number is 2.0. Based on this information, which statement is true?
A) The skewness of the distribution is unknown.
B) The distribution is symmetric.
C) The distribution is right-skewed.
D) The distribution is left-skewed.
E) The distribution is symmetric and bell-shaped.

Question

Consider the following to answer the question(s) below:
The boxplots below show monthly sales revenue figures ($ thousands) for a discount office supply company with locations in three different regions of Canada (Atlantic, Central and West). 
-A sample of families with children at a local school is found to have a mean of 3.2 members per family. The mode number of family members is 2 and the median number is 2.0. Based on this information, which statement is true?
A) The skewness of the distribution is unknown. 
B) The distribution is symmetric. 
C) The distribution is right-skewed. 
D) The distribution is left-skewed. 
E) The distribution is symmetric and bell-shaped.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The fact that the mode is less than the median implies that there are a small number of families with more than two members pulling the median to the right. This suggests that the distribution is right-skewed. The skewness of the distribution cannot be determined from the given information.

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