A Student at a Local University Took a Total of 20

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A student at a local university took a total of 20 exams during freshman year.The student recorded the exam scores as percentages and created the following stem-and-leaf display.The lower stem contains leaves with the digits 0-4 and the upper stem contains leaves with digits 5-9.In addition to describing the distribution,give a reason to account for the shape of this distribution.
Key:
9 | 2 = 92%

• A)The distribution of exam scores is skewed to the right.Typically,the student scored 95% on exams,and the exam scores are tightly clustered in the 90s.Two exam scores are outliers,when the student scored below 65%.It is possible that the student had a difficult time with one of his or her courses in that year.Regardless of the possible reasons,these two scores were unusual compared to the student's other exam scores.
• B)The distribution of exam scores is skewed to the left.Typically,the student scored 95% on exams,and the exam scores are tightly clustered in the upper 80s and lower 90s.Two exam scores are outliers,when the student scored below 65%.It is possible that the student had a difficult time with one of his or her courses in that year.Regardless of the possible reasons,these two scores were unusual compared to the student's other exam scores.
• C)The distribution of exam scores is skewed to the left.Typically,the student scored 95% on exams,and the exam scores are tightly clustered in the 90s.Two exam scores are outliers,when the student scored below 65%.It is possible that the student had a difficult time with one of his or her courses in that year.Regardless of the possible reasons,these two scores were unusual compared to the student's other exam scores.
• D)The distribution of exam scores is skewed to the left.Typically,the student scored 93% on exams,and the exam scores are tightly clustered in the 90s.Two exam scores are outliers,when the student scored below 65%.It is possible that the student had a difficult time with one of his or her courses in that year.Regardless of the possible reasons,these two scores were unusual compared to the student's other exam scores.
• E)The distribution of exam scores is skewed to the left.Typically,the student scored 95% on exams,and the exam scores are tightly clustered in the 90s.

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