Shape, Center, and Spread Basics

Which of the following best describes the shape of the distribution?

• skewed left

• skewed right

• uniform

• symmetrical

Should we use the mean or the median to represent the center of the data?

(a)  

Which of the following best describes the shape of the distribution?

• skewed left

• skewed right

• uniform

• symmetrical

Given that the data is symmetric, which pair of measures should be used to represent the data?

• center: median

  spread: standard deviation

• center: mean

  spread: IQR

• center: mean

  spread: standard deviation

• center: median

  spread: IQR

Which of the following best describes the shape of the distribution?

• skewed left

• skewed right

• uniform

• symmetrical

Find the IQR of the distribution.

(only type in the number)

(a)  

The range is the difference between the maximum and minimum values.

• True

• False

Which describes the shape of the distribution?

• skewed right

• skewed left

• symmetric

• uniform

Which measure of center will be the smallest?

(Remember which one pulls toward the tail)

• median

• mean

• mode

Which measure of spread should be used to describe the distribution?

• standard deviation

• interquartile range

• range

• median