FORESTRY
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS AND ECONOMICS
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Question
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The mean must be less than the median.
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The mean and median must be equal
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The mean is either equal to or less than the median
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The mean must be greater than the median
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Detailed explanation-1: -So in a right skewed distribution (the tail points right on the number line), the mean is higher than the median.
Detailed explanation-2: -If the distribution of data is skewed to the right, the mode is often less than the median, which is less than the mean.
Detailed explanation-3: -In a positively skewed distribution, the mean is greater than the median as the data is more towards the lower side and the mean average of all the values. In contrast, the median is the middle value of the data. So, if the data is more bent towards the lower side, the average will be more than the middle value.
Detailed explanation-4: -In statistics, a positively skewed (or right-skewed) distribution is a type of distribution in which most values are clustered around the left tail of the distribution while the right tail of the distribution is longer. The positively skewed distribution is the direct opposite of the negatively skewed distribution.