CAN SOMEONE HELP ME?!?!?!?!

The following data show the prices of different types of hot dogs at a store:

$6, $8, $7, $6, $5, $7, $5, $7, $6, $28, $30

Which statement is correct about the box plot for the above data?

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CAN SOMEONE HELP ME?!?!?!?!

The following data show the prices of different types of hot dogs at a store:

$6, $8, $7, $6, $5, $7, $5, $7, $6, $28, $30

Which statement is correct about the box plot for the above data?

anonymous · Answer

The box plot will have its right tail longer than the left tail because a few exceptionally high prices make the distribution skewed to the right.

 The box plot will have its right tail longer than the left tail because a few exceptionally high prices make the distribution skewed to the left.

 The box plot will have its left tail longer than the right tail because a few exceptionally high prices make the distribution skewed to the right.

 The box plot will have its left tail longer than the right tail because a few exceptionally high prices make the distribution skewed to the left.

amistre64 · Answer

you do know which tail will be longer right?

amistre64 · Answer

a skewed distribution is one in which the mean gets pulled away from the median/mode.  outliers skew the mean ...

anonymous · Answer

no i don't know anything about this. it's an assignment so my teachers know how much i know about this subject

amistre64 · Answer

well, if we plot these on a number line ... do you know what an outlier is by chance?or a guess at what it could be?

anonymous · Answer

maybe like a weird number or something?

amistre64 · Answer

more like an out of place number.  if most of what you get is 5,6,7  then 28 and 30 are out of place

amistre64 · Answer

outliers create tails in a boxplot .... knowing this, would you say the outliers are to the left of the more common data?  or to the left of them?

amistre64 · Answer

lol, i must have 2 left feet ....  to the left or right of the more common data

anonymous · Answer

the right?

amistre64 · Answer

the right is good.  so we have these numbers 28 and 30 way out to the right; this pulls the mean our of sync with the more common data,  it pulls it to the right as well.

anonymous · Answer

so the answer is C?

amistre64 · Answer

no.  A and B talk of a long right tail ....

anonymous · Answer

oh, so it's A?

amistre64 · Answer

a long right tail skews the mean to the right,   that is A yes.

anonymous · Answer

THANKS YOU SO MUCH :)

amistre64 · Answer

good luck :)

anonymous · Answer

thanks :)