How does a positively skewed distribution differ in appearance from a negatively skewed one?
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A positively skewed distribution has a long right tail as most of its values are clustered around the left tail of the distribution. Similarly the negatively skewed distribution has a long left tail and most of its values are clustered around the right tail of the distribution. These look as:
The above case is an example of a negatively skewed or a left
skewed distribution
The above is an example of a positively skewed or a right skewed distribution.
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