distributions

• What is a characteristic of a skewed distribution that extends to the right?

  It is called positively skewed.
• What is the highest point in a positively skewed distribution?

  It is the mode.
• What is a characteristic of a skewed distribution that extends to the left?

  It is called negatively skewed.
• In a negatively skewed distribution, which measure of central tendency is the largest?

  Mean.
• What does a normal distribution represent?

  A perfectly symmetrical distribution.
• In a normal distribution, which measures of central tendency are equal?

  Mean, median, and mode.
• What is the characteristic of a positively skewed distribution regarding the mean, median, and mode?

  Mode is the smallest, median is in the middle, and mean is the largest.
• What direction does a negatively skewed distribution point?

  Negative direction.
• What direction does a positively skewed distribution point?

  Positive direction.
• What does the term "observations" refer to in the context of distributions?

  Data points collected for analysis.