Data on the change in the cost of tuition, a shared dormitory room, and the most popular meal plan from one academic year to the next academic year for a sample of 100 public universities are collected.Below is the boxplot for the change in cost in dollars.The distribution of the change in cost is
A)right-skewed
B)left-skewed
C)symmetrical
D)none of the above

Question

Data on the change in the cost of tuition, a shared dormitory room, and the most popular meal plan from one academic year to the next academic year for a sample of 100 public universities are collected.Below is the boxplot for the change in cost in dollars.The distribution of the change in cost is 
A)right-skewed 
B)left-skewed 
C)symmetrical 
D)none of the above

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The boxplot shows that the median is closer to the bottom whisker, indicating a skew to the right. There are also several outliers on the upper end, further indicating a right-skewed distribution. The boxplot shows that the median is closer to the lower end of the range and there are some outliers on the higher end, indicating that the distribution is right-skewed.

Data on the Change in the Cost of Tuition, a Shared