A group of researchers asked 90 college students about a time they had delivered bad news to someone. The accompanying table shows the results for the type of bad news given.(a) Using this table as anexample, explain the idea of a frequency table to a person who has never had a course in statistics.(b) Explain the general meaning of the pattern of results.

(b) Which statement below best explains the general meaning of the pattern ofresults?

A.

The general pattern is symmetrical because the pattern of frequencies on the left and right side are mirror images of each other.

B.

The general pattern is rectangular because all the different categories have approximately the same frequency. This means the different types of bad news are given approximately the same number of times.

C.

The general pattern is multimodal because there are two or more high frequencies separated by lower frequencies. This means some types of bad news are given more frequently than others.

D.

The general pattern is skewed because most of the responses are located at the top of the list.