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Chapter 2: Q. 52 (page 134)

When the data are skewed left, what is the typical relationship between the mean and median?

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When the data are skewed to left, the median is greater than the mean.

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Given information

The data given is skewed left.

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Explanation

In order to see the distribution of the data, we can use the below properties:

When Mean>Median>Mode, then the data is positively skewed.

when role="math" localid="1647959449052" Mean<Median<Mode, then the data is negatively skewed.

Therefore, in the case of left-skewed data, the mean is less than medium. Also, the relation between the mean ad median isMean<Median.

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