Describing Data

The data are evenly distributed.

The majority of the data are on the right.

The majority of the data are on the left.

The data are not distributed at all.

The distribution is positively skewed.

The distribution is negatively skewed.

The distribution is symmetric.

The distribution is bimodal.

Positively skewed

Negatively skewed

Symmetric

Uniform

The whiskers are the same length.

The median is in the center of the data.

The left whisker is longer than the right.

The right whisker is longer than the left.

Mean

Median

Both are equally reliable

Neither

When the distribution is symmetric

When the distribution is skewed or has outliers

When the data set is small

When the mean and median are equal

The distribution is symmetric

The distribution is negatively skewed

The distribution is positively skewed

The data set has no outliers

In a negatively skewed distribution, the majority of the data are on the right, while in a positively skewed distribution, the majority of the data are on the left.

In a negatively skewed distribution, the majority of the data are on the left, while in a positively skewed distribution, the majority of the data are on the right.

Both distributions have the majority of data in the center.

Both distributions have the majority of data on the right.