Question 2 of 17 • TN-Mathematical Reasoning for Decision Making (Supplement)
The parallel boxplots below display the number of bite-size snacks that students could grab with one hand for two statistics classes.Which statement best compares the shapes of the distributions of the number of bite-sized snacks for the two classes?
Answer
A
The distribution for class 1 and the distribution for class 2 both appear to be fairly symmetric.
B
The distribution for class 1 appears to be skewed left and the distribution for class 2 appears to be symmetric.
C
The distribution for class 1 appears to be skewed right and the distribution for class 2 appears to be symmetric.
D
The distribution for class 1 appears to be skewed right and the distribution for class 2 appears to be slightly skewed left.