Basic Statistics: Tales of Distributions 10th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-49580-891-1
ISBN 13: 978-0-49580-891-6

Chapter 2 - Exploring Data: Frequency Distributions and Graphs - Problems - Page 38: 2.10

Answer

The graph of X is positively skewed while the graph of Y is negatively skewed. The graph of X is skewed to the right while the graph of Y is skewed to the left.

Work Step by Step

When you plot the graphs in problem 2.8, you can see that, for X, most of the values are on the lower end of the spectrum, and there are some higher points. The mean of the distribution in X is also greater than the median of the distribution in X. On the other hand, most of the values for Y are on the higher end of the spectrum, and there are some lower points. The mean of the distribution in Y is less than the median of the distribution in Y.
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