Practice mode Statistics

A distribution has a mean of 23, median 24 and mode 25.5. What is its most likely shape?

Correct answer D. Negatively Skewed

Explanation

When mean < median < mode, the long tail lies to the left, pulling the mean downwards, which is the pattern of a negatively skewed distribution.

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