FORESTRY
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS AND ECONOMICS
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Question
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Which scenario do you think would yield data that when graphed would be most likely left skewed?
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Scores on an easy test
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Net Income of Americans
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Weights of cocker spaniels
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Left Skewed and Numerical Values If you add a number to the far left (think in terms of adding a value to the number line), the distribution becomes left skewed:-10, 1, 2, 3.
Detailed explanation-2: -Skewed data often occur due to lower or upper bounds on the data. That is, data that have a lower bound are often skewed right while data that have an upper bound are often skewed left.
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