Researchers recorded data on the amount of sleep reported each night during a week by a random sample of 20 high school students. Here are parallel boxplots comparing the distribution of time slept on all 7 nights of the study: Use the graph to help answer the following questions. a. Which distributions have a clear left-skewed shape? b. Which outlier

Chapter 1, Exercises #120

Researchers recorded data on the amount of sleep reported each night during a week by a random sample of 20 high school students. Here are parallel boxplots comparing the distribution of time slept on all 7 nights of the study:

12 11 10 8. 6. 5 4- 3 1 Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun Night of the week Time slept (h)


Use the graph to help answer the following questions.

a. Which distributions have a clear left-skewed shape?

b. Which outlier stands out the most, and why?

c. How does the typical amount of sleep that the students got compare on these seven nights?

d. On which night was there the most variation in how long the students slept? Justify your answer.

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