Distribution of data

What type of distribution is this showing?

• Positive Skew (PR)

• Normal Distribution of data

• Negative skew (NL)

Which way does the tail for a negative skew drags out to?

• Left

• Right

• Upwards

• Middle

What type of distribution of data is this showing?

• Negative

• Normal

• Positive

• Equilateral

What are 2 characteristics of a positive skew

• Majority get high scores as shown by mode

• Majority get low scores as shown by mode

• A small number of outliers get low scores which makes the mean lower and drags tail out to left

• A small number of outliers get high scores which makes the mean lower and drags tail out to right

What are 2 characteristics of a negative skew

• Majority get high scores as shown by mode

• Majority get low scores as shown by mode

• A small number of outliers get low scores which makes the mean lower and drags tail out to left

• A small number of outliers get high scores which makes the mean lower and drags tail out to right

What type of distribution is this?

• Positive skew

• Negative Skew

• Normal distribution of data

What kind of distribution of data would the following lead to?

Mode = 16, Median =12 Mean = 8

• Positive

• Negative

• Normal

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

What kind of distribution of data would the following lead to?

Mode = 4 Median = 6 Mean = 10

• Positive

• Negative

• Normal

Tags

CCSS.6.SP.B.5D

CCSS.HSS.ID.A.2

What kind of distribution of data would the following lead to?

Mean =7 Median = 7 Mode = 7

• Negative

• Positive

• Normal

2 facts about a normal distribution of data

• The mode, median and and mean are the same

• The mean is much lower than the mode

• It is a bell shaped curve

• The tail drags to the right