Question

Calculate the 5-number summary of the skewed dataset 15, 16, 16, 17, 17, 18, 18, 18, 19, 19, 29. When constructing the box plot on a number line, which explains a reason why the dataset is skewed?(1 point)
Responses

The whiskers are the same length.
The whiskers are the same length.

The median is exactly in the middle of the box.
The median is exactly in the middle of the box.

The 5 numbers in the summary are equally spread apart.
The 5 numbers in the summary are equally spread apart.

The right whisker is much longer than the left whisker.
The right whisker is much longer than the left whisker.

Answer 1

5-number summary: min = 15, Q1 = 16, median = 18, Q3 = 19, max = 29.

Correct choice: "The right whisker is much longer than the left whisker."

Reason: the distance from Q3 to the max (19 → 29 = 10) is much larger than from Q1 to the min (16 → 15 = 1), so the boxplot has a long right whisker — indicating right (positive) skew, driven largely by the high value 29.