Question

Income data generally has ______ skewness, with median ________ than the mean.

A: "positive, greater"

B: "negative, greater"

C:"negative, less"

D:"positive, less"

Answer 1

A left-skewed distribution has a long left tail. Left-skewed distributions are also called negatively-skewed distributions. That’s because there is a long tail in the negative direction on the number line. The mean is also to the left of the peak. Here mean is less than median .

A left-skewed distribution has a long left tail. Left-skewed distributions are also called negatively-skewed distributions. That’s because there is a long tail in the negative direction on the number line. The mean is also to the left of the peak.Here Mean is greater than median .

Hence ( B ) and ( D ) are correct answer