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Big Ideas Math: Modeling Real Life, Grade 6

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3. Shapes of Distributions

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Exercise 8 Page 475

Where are most of the data located? Where does the tail extend?

Skewed left.

Practice makes perfect

Consider the given dot plot.

We want to describe the shape of this distribution. Notice that most of the data are on the right and the tail extends to the left.

This means that the distribution is skewed left.

Subchapter links

Try It p.472-473

Self-Assessment for Concepts & Skills p.473

Self-Assessment for Problem Solving p.474

Review & Refresh p.475

Concepts, Skills, & Problem Solving p.475-476