Preview - Descriptive Statistics

Generalize

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

Complete the following statement:

Removing a point closest to the mean will _______________the value of the sample standard deviation. 

have no effect
increase
decrease

Complete the following statement:

Removing a point furthest from the mean will ________________ the value of the sample standard deviation. 

have no effect
increase
decrease

Complete the following statement:

If the mean is greater than the median, the shape of the distribution is ________________

skewed left
skewed right
approximately symmetric

Complete the following statement:

If the mean is less than the median, the shape of the distribution is ________________.

skewed left
skewed right
approximately symmetric

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