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Median, Mean and Symmetry

06/06/2011 6:17 AM

Please help me answer this set of questions from Statistics:

Q) State the nature of symmetry in each of the following cases:

a) Median is greater than the Mean

b) Mean is greater than the Median

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06/06/2011 6:26 AM

These answers, and many other wondrous things may be found in your text book.

Don't know what a text book is? Just ask us, we'll help you discover it.

In the mean time...................................He said with a symmetrical smirk

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06/06/2011 8:20 AM

Now you're just being mean on our medium.

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06/06/2011 8:42 AM

whats with all these types of questions. Is this week, finals week or what.

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06/06/2011 10:38 PM

One curve will be skewed to the left, the other to the right. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to determine which is which. This tape will self-destruct in ten seconds.

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06/09/2011 10:11 PM

milo

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