Question

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Using the box plot you drew for the following data set, describe how the data is dispersed: 22, 35, 18, 30, 37, 20, 40, 18, 38, 38, 23, 19, 27, 31, 34.

Answer 1

The data is negatively skewed.

Explanation:

When the median line is closer to the right side of the box plot, the data is negatively skewed. Another way to know is if the mean is less than the median; it looks like the median on your box plot is 30, and I calculated the mean of the data set to be 28.7.