In what type of data distribution is the mean usually greater than the median?
- Negatively skewed distribution
- Normal distribution
- Positively skewed distribution
- Uniform distribution
In a positively skewed distribution, the mean is usually greater than the median. A positive skew means the right tail of the distribution is longer or fatter. The mean, being affected by the values of the data points, gets dragged in the direction of the tail, and hence is typically greater than the median in a positively skewed distribution.
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