Chapter PI, Problem 34RE

To determine

To explain are these wage distributions likely to be symmetric, skewed left or skewed right.

Answer to Problem 34RE

For chief executives it is symmetric and for general and operation it is skewed to the right.

Explanation of Solution

According to the given information in the question, we can say that the wage distribution for the Chief Executives is likely to be symmetric because the median wage is “over $\$70$ ” and it may be skewed to the left because the mean is lower but it is unknown by how much. The wage distribution for General and operations managers has a fairly higher mean wage than median so it is likely to be skewed to the right.