A Conservationist Measures the Diameters, in Centimeters, of 200 White

question 29

Multiple Choice

A conservationist measures the diameters, in centimeters, of 200 white pine trees in the Allegheny National Forest in Northwest Pennsylvania.The data are summarized with the following five-number summary: ​
Xmin = 18.23, Q1 = 24.29, = 30.35, Q3 = 36.41, xmax = 42.47
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Based on the five-number summary, the overall shape of the tree diameters appears to be:

• A) heavily right-skewed.
• B) symmetric.
• C) heavily left-skewed.
• D) Data shape can be discerned only from visual methods.