A Box-And-Whisker Plot for Last Year's Data Is Compared with a Box-And-Whisker

question 30

Multiple Choice

A box-and-whisker plot for last year's data is compared with a box-and-whisker plot for this year's data.The biggest change is that the median is moved from the left side of the box to the right side of the box.The other elements of the plot remained fairly constant.Based on this change, it can be concluded that ___________.

• A)the data have become more positively skewed
• B)the data are less skewed than in the previous year
• C)the skew has not changed between the two years
• D)the data have become more negatively skewed
• E)the data are more skewed than in the previous year

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