Are the data shown in this line plot skewed left, skewed right, or not skewed? skewed left not skewed skewed rightLine plot over a number line that runs from 0 to 24 with ticks in increments of 4 and labels on 0, 8, 16 and 24. There is 1 dot on 0, 2 on 4, 3 on 8, 2 on 12, 1 on 16 and 0 on 20 and 24.

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Melody Davenport

Mathematics

20 July, 19:34

Are the data shown in this line plot skewed left, skewed right, or not skewed? skewed left not skewed skewed rightLine plot over a number line that runs from 0 to 24 with ticks in increments of 4 and labels on 0, 8, 16 and 24. There is 1 dot on 0, 2 on 4, 3 on 8, 2 on 12, 1 on 16 and 0 on 20 and 24.

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Gina Duarte · Answer 1

In this example the data would not be skewed at all. Here is a recreation of the line plot

X

X X X

X X X X X

0 4 8 12 16

This data is what we would call symetric, or evenly distributed in both directions.