The following five-number summary represents the annual snowfall totals for a Mi

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The following five-number summary represents the annual snowfall totals for a Midwest town for the last 75 years. Comment on the shape of the distribution of snowfall totals Min = 14 Q1-17 92 : 21 Q3-29 Max = 38 Choose the correct answer below O A. The distribution appears to be skewed right since the median is closer to the first quartile than the third quartile. Also, the right whisker tends to be longer than the left whisker in a boxplot of a right-skewed distribution. O B. The distribution appears to be fairly symmetric since the median is about the sam e distance from the first and third quartiles. ° C. The distribution appears to be skewed left since the median is closer to the first quartile than the third quartile. Also, the right whisker tends to be longer than the left whisker in a boxplot of a left-skewed distribution. O D. The distribution appears to be skewed right since the median is closer to the third quartile than the first quartile. Also, the right whisker tends to be shorter than the left whisker in a boxplot of a right-skewed distribution.

Explanation / Answer

Since the gap between the Q1 and Q2 is only (21-17)=4 and gap between Q3 and Q2 is 8, this means that the distribution is right skewed. The right whisker here is longer than the left whisker i.e max-q3 is more than the q1-min

thus option A is correct

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