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

question 46

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) symmetrical.
• C) left-skewed.
• D) None of the above.

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