Question

multiple choice 1 point
the numbers of days 20 patients remained hospitalized are shown below with the corresponding histogram to the right.
6 9 7 14 4 5 6 8 4 11
10 6 8 6 5 7 6 6 3 11
choose the best choice that describes the shape of the histogram.
uniform
symmetric
negatively skewed
none of these
positively skewed

Explanation:

A uniform histogram has equal - height bars. A symmetric histogram has a mirror - image on either side of the center. A negatively skewed histogram has a long tail on the left, and a positively skewed histogram has a long tail on the right. Looking at the given histogram, it has a long tail on the right side.

Answer:

E. Positively skewed