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What is normal distribution

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A symmetrical spread of frequency data that forms a bell-shaped pattern - the mean, median and mode are all located at the highest peak - das peeeaaaaakkkkk

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What is skewed distribution

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A spread of frequency data which is not symmetrical where the data clusters to one end

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What is positive distribution

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A distrubution which is looking to turn its life around - what an optimistic little fella
nah I’m kidding … sadly … I’m kinda liking the idea of this dude, i think he would be called larry
A type of distribution in which the long tail is on the positive (right) side of the peak and most of the distribution is concentrated on the left

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What is negative distribution

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The opposite of larry, probably sm1 named fergus like damn fergus … have some optimism

A type of distribution in which the long tail is on the negative (left) side of the peak and most of the distribution is concentrated on the rigth

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