Negatively Skewed

• Give an example of a negatively skewed distribution curve?

  an easy test where few students score poorly
• what does the 'tail' tell you?

  The direction of the skew
• what is a negatively skewed distribution?

  a left skewed distribution
• describe a left skewed distribution?

  The tail lies at the lower end of the number line
• what does the mode always have?

  the highest frequency. It is the 'hump'
• Where is the mean?

  To the left

  • it has been affected by the few low scores on the test and pulled downwards
• Where is the median?

  in the middle of the 2 other measures