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''Statistics''.
''Statistics''.
 
Three times the mean <u>less</u> the median all divided by the standard deviation.
Three times the mean <u>less</u> the median all divided by the standard deviation.


When the mean is greater than the median, the distribution is ''positively'' skewed.
When the mean is greater than the median, the distribution is ''positively'' skewed.
When the mean is less than the median, the distribution is ''negatively'' skewed.
When the mean is less than the median, the distribution is ''negatively'' skewed.


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[Skewness]]
* [[Skewness]]
* [[Standard deviation]]
* [[Standard deviation]]


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Latest revision as of 13:57, 21 March 2018

Statistics.

Three times the mean less the median all divided by the standard deviation.

When the mean is greater than the median, the distribution is positively skewed.

When the mean is less than the median, the distribution is negatively skewed.


See also