The distribution of weights of newborn infants in the American population is not symmetrical.Most weights are bunched together towards the upper end of the distribution.As weights decrease,there are fewer and fewer newborns with these weights.The shape of the graph produced by this distribution would be (Hint: Drawing a picture of the distribution may be helpful. )
A)a normal bell-shaped curve.
B)negatively skewed.
C)positively skewed.
D)mesokurtic.

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The description indicates that the distribution has a long tail to the left (lower weights) and most of the data is concentrated towards the right (higher weights), which is characteristic of a negatively skewed distribution.

The Distribution of Weights of Newborn Infants in the American