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Statistics 7 – Skewed data

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You’ll learn

  • Recognise normal, left-skewed and right-skewed distributions from their shape
  • Order mean, median and mode for skewed data (mode at peak, mean pulled to the tail)
  • Name the skew after the tail direction, not where the bulk of the data sits
  • Decide from mean vs median whether the empirical rule (Stats 8) may be applied

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