Ages of High School Students

question 106

Multiple Choice

Ages of high school students.

• A)The distribution would likely be unimodal and slightly skewed to the left.The average age of the high school students would be about the same.The distribution would be slightly skewed to the left,since there are more freshmen.
• B)The distribution would likely be unimodal and slightly skewed to the right.The average age of the high school students would be about the same.The distribution would be slightly skewed to the right,since there are more seniors.
• C)The distribution would likely be bimodal and slightly skewed to the right.The average age of the freshman and sophomores would be at one mode,and the average age of the juniors and seniors would be at the other mode.The distribution would be slightly skewed to the right,since there are more seniors.
• D)The distribution would likely be uniform.Freshmen tend to be about 14 years old; sophomores,15; juniors,16; and seniors,17.Since there is about an equal number of students in each class,the distribution is uniform.
• E)The distribution would likely be unimodal and symmetric.The average age of the high school students would be about the same,with some students that are older and some that are younger than the average age.

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