Normal & Skewed distributions

Question 1

normal distribution

Answer 1

a symmetrical spread of frequency data that forms a bell-shaped curve. the mean, median and mode are the same/similar and are located at the highest peak

Question 2

skewed distribution

Answer 2

a spread of frequency data that is not symmetrical, where the data instead clusters to one end. skewed distributions suggest that the man is not a cerys representative score and shouldn’t be used as the sole measure of tendency

Question 3

positive skew

Answer 3

aka a right skew. the mean is to the right and most scores fall below the mean

Question 4

negative skew

Answer 4

aka a left skew. the mean is to the left and most scores fall above the mean