The Distribution of Weights of Newborn Infants in the American

question 17

Multiple Choice

The distribution of weights of newborn infants in the American population is not symmetrical.Most weights are bunched together towards the upper end of the distribution.As weights decrease,there are fewer and fewer newborns with these weights.The shape of the graph produced by this distribution would be (Hint: Drawing a picture of the distribution may be helpful. )

• A)a normal bell-shaped curve.
• B)negatively skewed.
• C)positively skewed.
• D)mesokurtic.