Question

Instruction: State whether the data are symmetrical, skewed to the left, or skewed to the right:a.1; 1; 1; 2; 2; 2; 2; 3; 3; 3; 3; 3; 3; 3; 3; 4; 4; 4; 5; 5b.16; 17; 19; 22; 22; 22; 22; 22; 23c.87; 87; 87; 87; 87; 88; 89; 89; 90; 91

Answer 1

Based on the data in question a, the graph for the data is skewed to the left. This can be graphed and seen visually but also by calculating the mean and the median of the data set. The mean of the data is 2.85 and the median is 3. Since the mean is less than the median, we can see that the data is negatively skewed, or skewed to the left.