A Limnologist Is Studying a Minnesota Lake in October

question 67

Essay

A limnologist is studying a Minnesota lake in October. He records the temperatures in °C for surface water taken every other day at noon. The data are shown below.
8.5 8.1 7.9 9.0 7.7 7.3 7.1 6.8 9.2
6.8 6.3 7.0 6.5 5.7 5.9 4.9 4.2 6.9
a. Construct a stem and leaf plot to display the distribution of the data.

b. Would you describe the distribution of the data as symmetric, skewed to the right or skewed to the left?
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c. Explain.
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