Histograms and Shapes of Distribution

The histogram below shows the heights of 300 randomly selected high school students. Which of the following is the best description of the shape of the distribution of heights?

• Roughly symmetric and unimodal

• Roughly symmetric and bimodal

• Roughly symmetric and multimodal

• Skewed to the left

The following histogram shows the distribution of the percent of women aged 15 and over who have never married in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Which of the following statements about the histogram is correct?

• The center of the distribution is about 36%.

• There are more states with percent above 32 than there are states with percent less than 24.

• About half of the states had percent between 24% and 28%

• There was one state with a value of exactly 33%.

Which of the following boxplots best matches the distribution shown in the histogram?

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When comparing two distributions, it would be best to use relative frequency histograms rather than frequency histograms when

• the distributions have different shapes.

• the distributions have different spreads.

• the distributions have different centers.

• the distributions have different numbers of observations.

Describe the shape of this histogram.

• Skewed right

• Skewed left

• Symmetric

• Unimodal

Which of the following best describes the shape of the distribution?

• SKEWED LEFT

• SKEWED RIGHT

• SYMMETRICAL

Select the correct end to the phrase from the picture!

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right-skewed

symmetric

left-skewed

What is the shape of the distribution?

• Skewed Left 

• Skewed Right

• Symmetric

• Bimodal

Describe the histogram:

• Left Skewed

• Normal/Symmetrical

• Right Skewed

• Uniform/Flat

What is the shape of the distribution?

• Skewed Left

• Skewed Right

• Symmetric