The 60 longest rivers in the world have lengths in miles distributed as follows:

1000-1499: 21
1500-1999: 22
2000-2499: 4
2500-2999: 8
3000-3499: 2
3500-3999: 2
4000-4499: 1

Which of the following BEST describes this data? 1) Symmetric with mean = median
2) Skewed with median larger than mean
3) Symmetric with mean larger than median
4) Skewed with mean larger than median
5) Symmetric with median larger than mean

Question

The 60 longest rivers in the world have lengths in miles distributed as follows:

1000-1499: 21
1500-1999: 22
2000-2499: 4
2500-2999: 8
3000-3499: 2
3500-3999: 2
4000-4499: 1

Which of the following BEST describes this data? 1) Symmetric with mean = median 
 2) Skewed with median larger than mean 
 3) Symmetric with mean larger than median 
 4) Skewed with mean larger than median  
 5) Symmetric with median larger than mean

amistre64 · Answer

thats a freq distribution; and its large on the left which means its skewed to the right

amistre64 · Answer

cant recall if that indicates where the position of mean and median is tho :)

amistre64 · Answer

biffer to the left indicates the other stuff is to the left of mean

amistre64 · Answer

biffer?  lol

differ... the mean has a higher value that the median in this case