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

question 141

Multiple Choice

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 were 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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