The Basic Practice of Statistics 7th Edition

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 146414253X
ISBN 13: 978-1-46414-253-6

Chapter 1 - Picturing Distributions with Graphs - Check Your Skills - Page 37: 1.22

Answer

(a) skewed to the left.

Work Step by Step

Most of the houses in the distribution of house prices will be in the lower half of values, with a few outliers that are much higher in value than the rest of the houses. So, the distribution will be skewed to the left.
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