Question 3 of 50 0.0/ 2.0 Points If a distribution of individual’s stress levels

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Question 3 of 50

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If a distribution of individual’s stress levels were positively skewed, which of the following statements is most likely correct? (hint: draw a picture of a positively skewed distribution showing both the mean and median)

A. There are about the same of people with stress levels above the mean as there are people with stress levels below the mean.

B. There are more people with stress levels above the mean than people with stress levels below the mean.

D. None of the above.

Please provide an explanation for the answer. Thank you for your help!

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Note that a positively skewed distribution is right skewed, has a long right tail and most high values including median fall to the left of the mean.

The correct answer is There are less people with stress levels above the mean than people with stress levels below the mean.

This option is not given and could be the missing C.

Otherwise D. None of these is the correct option.

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