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What summary statistics are best used to report the "typical" value of a data set when the distribution is strongly skewed?
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A distribution is skewed if one of its tails is longer than the other. The direction of skewness is determined by the tail. If the tail on the right side of the distribution is longer or fatter, the data is said to be positively skewed. If the tail on the left Show more…
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