Statistics (12th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321755936
ISBN 13: 978-0-32175-593-3

Chapter 2 - Methods for Describing Sets of Data - Exercises 2.48 - 2.70 - Applying the Concepts - Basic - Page 57: 2.61b

Answer

The distribution is approximately symmetric.

Work Step by Step

The mean is almost the same as the median, suggesting that the data are approximately symmetric. When the mean and median coincide, the distribution is symmetric. When they are close but not equal, we say that the distribution is approximately symmetric.
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