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Grade 6 Math · Problem type
Shapes of distributions
Use this for “Describe the shape of the distribution: symmetric, skewed, or with an outlier.”
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What is the shape of the distribution?
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A dot plot is symmetric when the left and right halves are about mirror images.
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It is skewed when the dots pile up on one side and trail off in a tail on the other.
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An outlier is a value far from the rest, with a gap before it.
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