Positively Skewed Distribution: Exploring the Relationship | CFA Level 1 Exam

Understanding the Relationship in Positively Skewed Distributions

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For a positively skewed, unimodal distribution, which of the following relationships holds?

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A. B. C. D.

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In a positively skewed distribution, very large values are more common than correspondingly small values. This skews the distribution to the right, moving the mean to the right of the median.