Question

I'm trying to help my daughter with her homework but, I do not know how to tell whether something is skewed to the right or to the left

Answer 1

or symmetric

Answer 2

The mean is 41.14 and the median is 41.5
The number line is 27, 28, 30, 32, 34, 38, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 53, 56, 62

Answer 3

skewed to the left...?

Answer 4

How do I know that to explain it to her?

Answer 5

hmm... this would probably be a question best asked of @mathstudent55 or @zepdrix

Answer 6

support you could also try https://answers.yahoo.com..

Answer 7

I have sent each respective person a message just in case they missed the tag.
I hope you get help soon

Answer 8

Thank you

Answer 9

me too! :)

Answer 10

http://www.everythingmaths.co.za/maths/grade-11/11-statistics/11-statistics-05.cnxmlplus

Answer 11

@kg1975

Answer 12

Okay, well, since the users I tagged seem to be busy/offline, I'll take a gander at this...

I believe "skewed" in this case would refer to a stockpiling of values in one side of the number line (e.g. 1, 8, 12, 15, 85, 135, 280; in this case the skew is to the left).

But please don't take my answer as correct, this is a complete shot in the dark hahah

Answer 13

So if the mean is > then median its skewed right but if the median > mean its skewed left

Answer 14

... actually, yes, the link provided by @brainzonly seems to be pretty accurate

Answer 15

I just want to make sure what I said about the skewing is correct from reading that

Answer 16

See the link. It's pretty easy to tell skew, all you need to know is mean and median.

Answer 17

So @agent0smith Median> mean= skewed left mean>median= skewed right

Answer 18

When skewed right, all those values on the far right pull the mean towards them

When skewed left, all those values on the far left pull the mean towards them

Answer 19

Yes.

Mean < median is skewed left

mean > median is skewed right

Answer 20

that's what I was thinking but wasn't sure.