Suppose That in a Five-Number Summary You Find That a Larger

question 39

Multiple Choice

Suppose that in a five-number summary you find that a larger gap exists between the third quartile and the highest value than between the lowest value and the first quartile.What does this mean about the shape of the data set?

• A)Symmetric
• B)Skewed right
• C)Skewed left
• D)Not enough information to tell.

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Definitions:

Plasmodial Slime Molds

A type of slime mold consisting of a single, large cell with multiple nuclei, living as a free-flowing plasmodium during part of its life cycle.

Multinucleated Mass

A cell or a body of tissue containing multiple nuclei within a shared cytoplasm, often seen in certain types of muscle fibers and fungal hyphae.

Amoebozoan

A member of a group of protozoa that move and ingest food using pseudopods, characterized by their amoeboid movement.

Water Molds

Heterotrophic protists (stramenopiles) that grow as a mesh of nutrient-absorbing filaments.