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Statistics and probability

Course: Statistics and probability > Unit 2

Lesson 2: Describing and comparing distributions
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Statistics and probability
Displaying and comparing quantitative data
Describing and comparing distributions
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Shape of distributions

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Problem

Chelsea recorded the number of programs each student created in her computer science class.
A dot plot has a horizontal axis labeled, Number of programs, from 0 to 10, in increments of 1. The number of dots above each number is as follows. 1, 1; 3, 1; 4, 1; 5, 2; 6, 3; 7, 7; 8, 8; 9, 10; 10, 8.
Which of these best describes the shape of the distribution?
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