Consider the following descriptive statistics from Excel for a set of data. • Median 451 • Standard Deviation 210.7663 • Sample Variance 44422.44 • Range 785 • Minimum 264 • Maximum 1049 • Sum 6155 • Count 13 Which of the following is TRUE? a. the distribution is right skewed b. the best measure of central tendency is the median c. both (a) and (b) are correct d. insufficient information to determine skewness
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