Elementary Statistics: Picturing the World (6th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0321911210
ISBN 13: 978-0-32191-121-6

Chapter 5 - Normal Probability Distributions - Section 5.1 Introduction to Normal Distributions and the Standard Normal Distribution - Exercises - Page 242: 14

Answer

The graph is not symmetric about the mean as it is skewed to the left. Therefore this is not representative of the Normal distribution curve.

Work Step by Step

A normal curve should be bell shaped and from the graph we see this curve does not resemble a bell shape. As the graph shifts off to the right, which indicates that is is skewed to the left.
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