Asked by Luciana Joseph on Jun 25, 2024

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Ages of high school students.

A) The distribution would likely be unimodal and slightly skewed to the left.The average age of the high school students would be about the same.The distribution would be slightly skewed to the left,since there are more freshmen.
B) The distribution would likely be unimodal and slightly skewed to the right.The average age of the high school students would be about the same.The distribution would be slightly skewed to the right,since there are more seniors.
C) The distribution would likely be bimodal and slightly skewed to the right.The average age of the freshman and sophomores would be at one mode,and the average age of the juniors and seniors would be at the other mode.The distribution would be slightly skewed to the right,since there are more seniors.
D) The distribution would likely be uniform.Freshmen tend to be about 14 years old; sophomores,15; juniors,16; and seniors,17.Since there is about an equal number of students in each class,the distribution is uniform.
E) The distribution would likely be unimodal and symmetric.The average age of the high school students would be about the same,with some students that are older and some that are younger than the average age.

Unimodal

Describing a distribution that has a single mode or peak.

Ages

The length of time that a person or object has existed, typically measured in years.

Skewed

A term describing a distribution that is not symmetrical, where one of its tails is longer than the other, indicating a deviation from the normal distribution.

  • Attain insight into the ideas of bimodal, unimodal, symmetric, and skewed distributions and the outcomes associated with them.
  • Comprehend and explain the idea of the mode in distributions.
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Kristal ZhangJun 28, 2024
Final Answer :
D
Explanation :
The distribution of ages in a high school is typically uniform because students are usually evenly distributed across grades (freshmen to seniors), with each grade corresponding to a specific age group (approximately 14 to 17 years old).