Skewness
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Health care issues are receiving much attention in both academic and political arenas. A sociologist recently conducted a survey of citizens over 60 years of age whose net worth is too high to qualify for Medicaid and have no private health insurance. The ages of 25 uninsured senior citizens were as follows:
60 61 62 63 64 65 66 68 68 69 70 73 73
74 75 76 76 81 81 86 87 89 90 92
what type of shape does the distribution of the sample appear to have?
right-skewed, left-skewed, or symmetric
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The solution provides step by step method for the calculation of skewness . Formula for the calculation and Interpretations of the results are also included.
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