QUESTION 9 Provide an appropriate response. A relative frequency histogram for t

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QUESTION 9 Provide an appropriate response. A relative frequency histogram for the sale prices of homes sold in one city during 2010 is shown below. Based on the histogram, is a large sample necessary to conduct a hypothesis test about the mean sale price? If so, why? Relative Frequency 0.35 0.30 0.25 0.20 0.15 0.10 0.05 0.00 0 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Sale price of home G10,000s) Yes; data do not appear to be normally distributed but bimodal Yes; data do not appear to be normally distributed but skewed right. No; data do not appear to be normally distributed but skewed left. No; data appear to be normally distributed.

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The histogram is not bimodal as it has only one maximum. It is not bell shaped but skewed right (it has a long right tail).

The answer is:

Yes, data do not appear to be normally distributed but skewed right.

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