The figure displays computer output for data on the amount spent by 50 grocery shoppers.
x
S
Min
Q
Med
Q3
Max
Based only on the computer output, what should you
expect the shape of the distribution to be? Explain why.
Amount
Spent
34.70 21.70 3.11 19.27 27.82 45.40 93.34
Skewed to the left because Q3 - median is larger than
median-Q
O Skewed to the left because the median is closer to the
minimum than the maximum.
Skewed to the left because the median is smaller than
the mean.
Symmetric; the median is exactly in the middle of Q,
and Q3
Skewed to the right because the mean is larger than
the median