Question

Match each of the following histograms to the correct situation,(A)(B)(C)FrequencyFrequencyFrequency1. Test scores for students on an easy test.2. The numbers of hours of television watched by a large, typical group of Americans,3. The heights of a large, typical group of adults in the United States,Situation 1 matches histogram (A). Situation 2 matches histogram (B). Situation 3 matches histogram (C).

Answer 1

For histogram A, most of the data are to the right side.

For histogram B, most of the data are to the left side.

Histogram C, data is mixed.

If you think about it, for an easy test, most people will get high scores.

Hence, the histogram would be skewed left (meaning the highs would be to the right, higher test score)

The number of hours of television watched is NOT THAT much. People who watch HIGH number of hours of TV nowadays is quite less. So, the histogram of this would be skewed right (meaning the highs would be to the left, lower number of hours)

Lastly, the height of large group of americans would be clustered around the center, which is the average height. Some would be more than that and some would be less, as usual. But maximum of them would be clustered around the center.

Now, match each situation and explanation.

Situation 1 matches histogram (A). Situation 2 matches histogram (B). Situation 3 matches histogram (C).