Determine the most likely shape of the histogram representing the data described

Question

Determine the most likely shape of the histogram representing the data described below.

(a) the shoe sizes of 200 randomly selected adults will be which of the following?

normal

uniform    

bimodal

skewed left

skewed right

(b) the shoe sizes of 200 randomly selected adult men will be which of the following?

normal

uniform    

bimodal

skewed left

skewed right

(c) the shoe sizes of 200 randomly selected males (children included) will be which of the following?

normal

uniform    

bimodal

skewed left

skewed right

Explanation / Answer

(a) The randomly selected adults could be males or females. The males have one distribution and the females have another. Therefore, the distribution is

bimodal.

(b) Since the adults are all males, the distribution is

normal.

(c) Since children are included, the distribution now has two modes. The distribution is

bimodal.

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