Mean or Median from Shape of Distribution

The given distribution is skewed left. Compare the median and the mean.

• The median and the mean are the same because they both are measures of center

• The median is less than the mean since the distribution is skewed left.

• The median is greater than the mean since the distribution is skewed left.

• There is not enough information to compare the median and the mean.

Which car club has the higher median?

• Cruisers

• Car Hops

• Their medians are the same

• You can not tell from the box plots

A distribution where one side of the distribution has more values farther from the bulk of the data than the other side, so that the mean is not equal to the median

• Bell-Shaped Distribution

• Skewed Distribution

• Uniform Distribution

• Bimodal Distribution

The mean gets pulled away from the center of data or the typical value when the data is skewed to the right or left.

• True

• False

Because the median is resistant to extreme values, it is a better choice for summarizing ___ distributions

• skewed

• symmetric

• uniform

Select the distribution shape when the mean and median are not the same?

• Uniform

• Symmetric

• Bell-Shaped

• Skewed

Select the distribution shape when the mean is less than the median?

• Symmetric

• Skewed left

• Bell-Shaped

• Skewed right.

What is the shape of the distribution?

• Skewed Left

• Skewed Right

• Symmetric

Which class has the higher test score median? 

• Class #1

• Class # 2 

• The medians are equal

• The median is not shown here. 

The median is the...

• average of all data values

• the most frequently occurring number

• the difference between the biggest and smallest value

• the middle value