Question

what is the best description of the shape of the data distribution shown? dot plot and options: uniform, symmetric, left - skewed, right - skewed

Explanation:

To determine the shape of the data distribution, we analyze the dot plot. A right - skewed (positively skewed) distribution has a longer tail on the right side. In this dot plot, we can observe that as we move from left to right (increasing values on the number line), the number of dots (frequency of data points) initially is lower on the left (lower values) and then increases, with the tail extending towards the higher values (right side). A left - skewed distribution would have a longer tail on the left, a symmetric distribution would have data evenly distributed around the center, and a uniform distribution would have approximately the same number of data points in each interval. Since the tail is on the right, the distribution is right - skewed.

Answer:

Right - skewed