If the mean of a positively skewed distribution is 40, which of these values could be the median of the distribution?

A. 50
B. 45
C. 35
D. 40

Question

If the mean of a positively skewed distribution is 40, which of these values could be the median of the distribution?

 		A.	50
 		B.	45
 		C.	35
 		D.	40

amistre64 · Answer

when something is skewed, that tells us that the mean is moved to one side

amistre64 · Answer

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amistre64 · Answer

since the mean is moved towards the + direction it is naturally going to be the largest value of the central tendencies

amistre64 · Answer

of course, since only one option is correct, that would imply that the options larger than 40 are simply not good

amistre64 · Answer

equal to 40 would give us a normal distribution perse, so it must logically be the one that is less than 40

anonymous · Answer

thank you i was stuck on this one for a while

amistre64 · Answer

the skewness in stats tends to be a hard concept to grasp for some odd reason