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Chapter 1: Q. 5`1. (page 48)

Feeling sleepy? Refer to Exercise 45. Describe the shape of the distribution.

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Roughly symmetric

Single peak

No gaps

Step by step solution

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Step 1. Given information

A survey designed by their teacher was completed by students in a high school statistics class.

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 Step 2.make a number line for each piece of data Put a dot on the number line above the corresponding number.

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 Step 3. The shape of the distribution.  

The peak in the dotplot is roughly in the middle of the graph, indicating that the distribution is roughly symmetric.

We notice that the distribution has a single peak at 7, and there appear to be no gaps in the dotplot.

Roughly symmetric

Single peak

No gaps

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