Consider a Study Where the Majority of the Study Subjects

question 9

Essay

Consider a study where the majority of the study subjects have high body mass index (BMI) and only a few have low BMI. When a histogram is constructed to describe the distribution of BMI, what shape of the distribution is most likely to be observed (right-skewed, left-skewed, or symmetric)?

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