Consider the Following to Answer the Question(s) Below

question 16

Multiple Choice

Consider the following to answer the question(s) below:
The boxplots below show monthly sales revenue figures ($ thousands) for a discount office supply company with locations in three different regions of Canada (Atlantic, Central and West) .
-A sample of families with children at a local school is found to have a mean of 3.2 members per family. The mode number of family members is 2 and the median number is 2.0. Based on this information, which statement is true?

• A) The skewness of the distribution is unknown.
• B) The distribution is symmetric.
• C) The distribution is right-skewed.
• D) The distribution is left-skewed.
• E) The distribution is symmetric and bell-shaped.

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Definitions:

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