When the majority of the data values fall to the right of the mean, the distribution is indeed said to be left skewed, or negatively skewed. In this type of distribution, the tail on the left side is longer or fatter, indicating that there are a few lower values pulling the mean down. This results in the mean being less than the median, as the median is less affected by extreme values. Overall, left skewed distributions show that most data points are higher than the average.
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A normal distribution is not skewed. Skewness is a measure of how the distribution has been pulled away from the normal.A feature of a distribution is the extent to which it is symmetric.A perfectly normal curve is symmetric - both sides of the distribution would exactly correspond if the figure was folded across its median point.It is said to be skewed if the distribution is lop-sided.The word, skew, comes from derivations associated with avoiding, running away, turning away from the norm.So skewed to the right, or positively skewed, can be thought of as grabbing the positive end of the bell curve and dragging it to the right, or positive, direction to give it a long tail in the positive direction, with most of the data still concentrated on the left.Then skewed to the left, or negatively skewed, can be thought of as grabbing the negative end of the bell curve and dragging it to the left, or negative, direction to give it a long tail in the negative direction, with most of the data still bunched together on the right.Warning: A number of textbooks are not correct in their use of the term 'skew' in relation to skewed distributions, especially when describing 'skewed to the right' or 'skewed to the left'.
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To accurately describe the shape of the distribution, I would need more information about its characteristics, such as whether it is symmetric, skewed, or has any peaks or outliers. Common shapes include normal (bell-shaped), uniform, bimodal, or skewed left/right. If you have data or a visual representation, please share that for a more specific description.
on the left and when it is skewed left it is on the right
The population data may be skewed and thus the mean is not a valid statistic. If mean > median, the data will be skewed to the right. If median > mean, the data is skewed to the left.
A positively skewed or right skewed distribution means that the mean of the data falls to the right of the median. Picturewise, most of the frequency would occur to the left of the graph.
If it is very highly skewed then the mode is best.
When the majority of the data values fall to the right of the mean, the distribution is indeed said to be left skewed, or negatively skewed. In this type of distribution, the tail on the left side is longer or fatter, indicating that there are a few lower values pulling the mean down. This results in the mean being less than the median, as the median is less affected by extreme values. Overall, left skewed distributions show that most data points are higher than the average.
It is a positively skewed distribution.
Symmetric
A distribution or set of observations is said to be skewed left or negatively skewed if it has a longer "tail" of numbers on the left. The mass of the distribution is more towards the right of the figure rather than the middle.
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A distribution or set of observations is said to be skewed right or positively skewed if it has a longer "tail" of numbers on the right. The mass of the distribution is more towards the left of the figure rather than the middle.
False. It can be skewed to the left or right or be symmetrical.
The median is Q2, if it is on the right side of the box, then then it is close to Q3 than it is to Q1. If the right line ( whisker) is longer than the left, it mean the biggest outlier is farther from Q3 than the smallest outlier is from Q1. All of this means the population from which the data was sampled was skewed to the right.