{"id":47993,"date":"2024-04-15T22:34:49","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T22:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/?p=47993"},"modified":"2024-04-15T22:34:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T22:34:49","slug":"can-we-calculate-the-skewness-of-variables-based-on-mean-and-median","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exam.pscnotes.com\/mcq\/can-we-calculate-the-skewness-of-variables-based-on-mean-and-median\/","title":{"rendered":"Can we calculate the skewness of variables based on mean and median?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\n    <!-- Check if it's an AMP page -->\r\n            <!-- Non-AMP version -->\r\n        <div class=\"mcq-container\" data-quiz-id=\"quizState_6a982f6196952\">\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option1\" data-is-correct=\"true\">\r\n                    TRUE                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option2\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    nan                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option3\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    nan                <\/div>\r\n                                            <div class=\"option\" data-option-key=\"option4\" data-is-correct=\"false\">\r\n                    nan                <\/div>\r\n                            \r\n            <!-- Feedback messages for non-AMP -->\r\n            <div class=\"feedback\" data-feedback=\"wrong\">Answer is Right!<\/div>\r\n            <div class=\"feedback\" data-feedback=\"right\">Answer is Wrong!<\/div>\r\n        <\/div>\r\n\r\n        <script>\r\n        document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function () {\r\n            var containers = document.querySelectorAll('.mcq-container');\r\n\r\n            containers.forEach(function(container) {\r\n                var options = container.querySelectorAll('.option');\r\n                var feedbackSelect = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"select\"]');\r\n                var feedbackWrong = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"wrong\"]');\r\n                var feedbackRight = container.querySelector('[data-feedback=\"right\"]');\r\n\r\n                options.forEach(function(option) {\r\n                    option.addEventListener('click', function() {\r\n                        var selectedOption = option.getAttribute('data-option-key');\r\n                        var isCorrect = option.getAttribute('data-is-correct') === 'true';\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Remove previous selections\r\n                        options.forEach(function(opt) {\r\n                            opt.classList.remove('correct', 'incorrect');\r\n                        });\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Add the correct\/incorrect class\r\n                        if (isCorrect) {\r\n                            option.classList.add('correct');\r\n                            feedbackRight.hidden = false;\r\n                            feedbackWrong.hidden = true;\r\n                        } else {\r\n                            option.classList.add('incorrect');\r\n                            feedbackRight.hidden = true;\r\n                            feedbackWrong.hidden = false;\r\n                        }\r\n\r\n                        \/\/ Hide select feedback\r\n                        feedbackSelect.hidden = true;\r\n                    });\r\n                });\r\n            });\r\n        });\r\n        <\/script>\r\n    \r\n    <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The correct answer is <strong>FALSE<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Skewness is a measure of the asymmetry of a distribution. It is calculated by taking the third moment of a distribution about the mean, divided by the cube of the standard deviation. The mean and median are not sufficient to calculate skewness, because they do not provide information about the tails of the distribution.<\/p>\n<p>To calculate skewness, we need to know the mean, median, and standard deviation of the distribution. The mean is the average of the values in the distribution. The median is the middle value in the distribution, when the values are arranged in order from least to greatest. The standard deviation is a measure of how spread out the values in the distribution are.<\/p>\n<p>Once we have these three values, we can calculate the skewness using the following formula:<\/p>\n<p>$$\\text{Skewness} = \\frac{\\mu_3}{\\sigma^3}$$<\/p>\n<p>where $\\mu_3$ is the third moment of the distribution about the mean and $\\sigma$ is the standard deviation.<\/p>\n<p>The skewness of a distribution can be positive, negative, or zero. 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