Shape, Center, Spread of Distribution

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

Describe the shape of the graph.

• skewed

• symmetrical

• uniform

Because this distribution is ____________ to the ___________, we would use the ______________ for the center and the _____________ for the spread of the data.

• symmetric, middle, median, IQR

• skewed, left, median, IQR

• skewed, left, mean, IQR

• skewed, right, median, standard deviation

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

• skewed left

• skewed right

• uniform

• symmetrical

What is the shape of the distribution?

• Skewed Left

• Skewed Right

• Symmetric

What is the shape of the data?

• symmetrical

• skewed left

• skewed right

• bell curve

What type of shape distribution would you say this graph has?

• Right Skewed

• Left Skewed

• Approximately Symmetrical

• Evenly spread out

What type of shape distribution would you say this graph has?

• Left Tailed/Skewed

• Right Tailed/Skewed

• Approximately Symmetrical

• no skew

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

• standard deviation

• interquartile range

• range

• median

What is the shape of the distribution? (a)  

• Skewed Left

• Skewed Right

• Symmetric

• Uniform