Statistics (12th Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Methods for Describing Sets of Data - Exercises 2.48 - 2.70 - Applying the Concepts - Basic - Page 57: 2.60b

Answer

The distribution is slightly left-skewed.

Work Step by Step

The mean is slightly smaller (to the left of) the median, suggesting that the data in the left tail of the distribution "dragged it to the left". The slight left-skewness can be seen on the histogram, as the distribution of the bars is not symmetric, but rather tails out slightly to the left.
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