Do men and women run a 5 kilometer race at the same pace? Here are boxplots of the time (in minutes) for a race recently run in Geelong.

Which of the following statements best describes the comparison of men and women runners in this race?

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Do men and women run a 5 kilometer race at the same pace? Here are boxplots of the time (in minutes) for a race recently run in Geelong.

Which of the following statements best describes the comparison of men and women runners in this race?

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Spread of times are NOT similar, men faster by about 3 minutes in general, both symmetrical in distribution

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Spread of times is similar, women faster by about 3 minutes in general, both skewed to longer times

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Spread of times is similar, women faster by about 3 minutes in general, both symmetrical in distribution

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Spread of times is similar, men faster by about 3 minutes in general, both skewed to longer times

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Spread of times is similar, men faster by about 3 minutes in general, both skewed to the left

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