Describing Data on Dot Plots — Quiz

Question 7 • Concepts in Probability and Statistics

Which dot plot is most strongly skewed right?

Answer

Number of Movies Seen at the Theater This Year Image with description A dot plot is titled Number of Movies Seen at the Theater This Year. The number line goes from zero to 5 by ones. There are three dots above zero. There are two dots above 1. There are two dots above 2. There are four dots above 3. There are two dots above 4. There is one dot above 5.

Number of Movies Seen at the Theater This Year Image with description A dot plot is titled Number of Movies Seen at the Theater This Year. The number line goes from zero to 5 by ones. There are three dots above zero. There is one dot above 1. There are four dots above 3. There are seven dots above 4. There are six dots above 5.

Number of Movies Seen at the Theater This Year Image with description A dot plot is titled Number of Movies Seen at the Theater This Year. The number line goes from zero to 5 by ones. There are two dots above zero. There are five dots above 1. There are five dots above 2. There are six dots above 3. There are four dots above 4. There are three dots above 5.

Number of Movies Seen at the Theater This Year Image with description A dot plot is titled Number of Movies Seen at the Theater This Year. The number line goes from zero to 5 by ones. There are six dots above zero. There are eight dots above 1. There are five dots above 2. There are two dots above 3. There are three dots above 5.

Explanation

A distribution is skewed right when most values are clustered on the low end and the tail stretches toward higher values. In D, the counts are largest at 0 and 1, then generally decrease as the values move right, leaving a tail toward 5. So D is the most strongly skewed right.

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