A CFO is looking at how much the company is spending on computing.He samples companies in the pharmaceutical industry and develops the following stem-and-leaf graph. What is the approximate shape of the distribution of the data?
A)Normal
B)Skewed to the right
C)Skewed to the left
D)Bimodal
E)Uniform

Question

A CFO is looking at how much the company is spending on computing.He samples companies in the pharmaceutical industry and develops the following stem-and-leaf graph.  What is the approximate shape of the distribution of the data?
A)Normal 
B)Skewed to the right 
C)Skewed to the left 
D)Bimodal 
E)Uniform

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

The stem-and-leaf plot shows a long right-tail, indicating that there are a few companies spending significantly more than the rest. This suggests that the data is skewed to the right.

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