Question

Fariborow is a histogram showing the distribution of the variable number of Facebook friends for sample of 498 undergraduate students. Use the information contained in the histogram to answer the following questions Frequency 400.00 500.00 1800.00 2000.00 800.00 1000.00 1200.00 1400.00 Number of Facebook Friends 1. Which of the following best describes the shape of this distribution? a. The distribution is symmetrical. b. The distribution is negatively skewed. c. The distribution is positively skewed. 2. The two lines superimposed over the histogram show the mean and median number of Facebook friends among this sample of undergraduates. Which value is the mean, and which is the median? Explain why one value is larger than the other. a. X- b. Md c. Explanation: 3. Between the mean and median you just identified, which measure of central tendency best describes the average number of Facebook friends for this sample? Explain why you chose either the mean or median. Given the measure of central tendency you chose, what would be the most appropriate measure(s) of dispersion to report?