Distribution Curves

Question 1

What does the data need to be like to create a normal distribution

Answer 1

When the mean, median and mode are similar, very few people at extreme ends - all in the middle/centre

Question 2

Where is the mode on skewed distributions

Answer 2

Stays where the highest point is because it isn’t affected by extreme scores

Question 3

The ___ is dragged to the left/right because it is affected by extreme scores

Answer 3

Mean

Question 4

What does a negative skew look like

Answer 4

Majority of scores are clustered on the right

Question 5

What does a positive skew look like

Answer 5

Majority of scores are clustered on the left