Practice - Skewness
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Practice Questions
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What does a positive skewness indicate about a distribution?
💡 Hint: Think about where the bulk of data lies.
Define skewness in your own words.
💡 Hint: Consider how data points are distributed around the mean.
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Interactive Quizzes
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What does a skewness of 0 indicate about a distribution?
💡 Hint: What does it mean for data to be evenly spread around the mean?
True or False: A negative skewness indicates that most values lie to the right of the mean.
💡 Hint: Visualize the distribution's shape.
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Challenge Problems
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You have data showing the daily temperature change over a month. If your skewness is 1.2, how would you interpret this in terms of weather trends?
💡 Hint: Think about how the extremes of temperatures affect the average.
In analyzing customer purchase amounts during a sale, a skewness of -0.8 was recorded. Discuss how this might influence marketing strategies.
💡 Hint: Consider how understanding spending patterns can optimize marketing efforts.
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