{"id":223484,"date":"2025-06-01T18:59:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T18:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=223484"},"modified":"2025-06-01T18:59:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T18:59:47","slug":"the-following-graph-is-select-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/01\/the-following-graph-is-select-one\/","title":{"rendered":"The following graph is Select one"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The following graph is Select one: Negatively skewed b. Positively skewed Symmetric Uniformly distributed
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The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Correct Answer: c. Symmetric<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explanation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The graph presented shows a bell-shaped curve along with a boxplot that aligns with the characteristics of a symmetric distribution. This is indicative of a normal distribution<\/strong>, which is one of the most common examples of a symmetric distribution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the diagram:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • The bell-shaped curve is centered at Q2Q_2, which represents the median.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Q1Q_1 (the first quartile), Q2Q_2 (the median), and Q3Q_3 (the third quartile) are equally spaced.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The boxplot underneath the curve shows the median line exactly in the center of the box, and the whiskers on both sides of the box are of equal length.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    All these features are characteristic of a symmetric distribution<\/strong>, where the data is evenly distributed around the center. This implies that the left side of the distribution is a mirror image of the right side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    In contrast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • A negatively skewed<\/strong> (left-skewed) distribution would show a longer tail on the left side, with the median closer to the upper quartile.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • A positively skewed<\/strong> (right-skewed) distribution would have a longer tail on the right, with the median closer to the lower quartile.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • A uniform distribution<\/strong> would not show a bell shape or central tendency like this; instead, all outcomes would appear equally likely, often depicted as a flat horizontal line.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      This diagram, with its symmetric shape and centered median, clearly represents a symmetric distribution, most closely resembling the normal distribution where mean = median = mode. It is important in statistics because many natural phenomena and statistical methods are based on the assumption of normality or symmetry in the data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Thus, the most accurate interpretation is:
      Answer: c. Symmetric<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      The following graph is Select one: Negatively skewed b. Positively skewed Symmetric Uniformly distributed The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Correct Answer: c. Symmetric Explanation The graph presented shows a bell-shaped curve along with a boxplot that aligns with the characteristics of a symmetric distribution. This is indicative of a normal distribution, which is one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}