Statistics: Informed Decisions Using Data (4th Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Section 2.2 - Assess Your Understanding - Vocabulary and Skill Building - Page 93: 4

Answer

The left tail is longer than the right tail.

Work Step by Step

Normally, a distribution has a peak (the highest frequency), otherwise all the frequencies are about the same and the distribution is uniform. So, to the left and to the right of the peak tails are formed; that is, the frequencies to the left and right of the peak gradually decrease. If the left tail is longer than the right tail, the distribution is called skewed left.
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