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Social & Preventive Medicine Measures of Central Tendency and Distribution 58c09ce7

In the following type of distribution -

A
Mean = Median = Mode
B
Mean > Median > Mode
C
Mode > Median > Mean
D
Median > Mode > Mean
High-Yield Explanation
Ans. is 'b' i.e., Mean > Median > Mode # No tail# Bell shaped curve : Gaussian distribution# Mean = Median = Mode# Tail is towards right side# Large no of low scores, small no of high scores# Mean > Median > Mode# Tail is towards left side# Large no of high scores, small no of low scores# Mode > Median > Meano Sidedness of the skewed distribution is towards the side of tail. For example right sided skewed deviation means the tail is towards the right.Facts to remember the relation between mean, media & mode (see above figure)i) Mean is right of the median under right skew, and left of the median under left skew.ii) Mode is left of the median under right skew, and right of the median under left skew.

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