If a distribution is negatively skewed, the distribution is not symmetric and the values extend much farther to the left of the peak than to the right of the peak.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


True

In a negatively skewed distribution there is a single peak, but the observations extend farther to the left, in the negative direction, than to the right. In a negatively skewed distribution, the mean is smaller than the median.

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