The following data are taken from the U.S. Census Bureau and are the proportion of residents in U.S. states who lacked health insurance between 2001 and 2003. Suppose we added one additional state, Oregon, to the groups of states currently being considered. If the proportion of residents without health insurance in Oregon is .17, discuss whether this distribution is skewed. If so, what is the cause of the skew? If there is not a skew, explain why.
StateProportion of Residents without Health InsuranceLouisiana.19New Jersey.13New York.16Pennsylvania.11Rhode Island.09South Carolina.13Texas.25Washington.14Wisconsin.10
What will be an ideal response?
The distribution is slightly skewed in the positive direction.
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