For moderately skewed bell-shaped data, where does the median often lie?
AAt the smallest value
BExactly at the mean
CBeyond the mode itself
DA third from mean to mode
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. A third from mean to mode
1. Karl Pearson noted a rule for slightly non-symmetric data.
2. The median often lies between the mean and the mode.
3. It is about one third of the way going from mean to mode.
It is not always at the mean, and not beyond the mode or at the minimum.
_Source: Wikipedia, Mode (statistics), Properties_
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