Practice question · True or false
In a right-skewed income distribution the mean sits above the median.
Hints
- Which measure does a long tail pull?
- The mean uses every value; the median counts positions.
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True
Why
True. The mean is computed from every value and is dragged upward by the long right tail, while the median only counts positions and is not. That is why median income is the honest headline figure and mean income is the one that flatters, the gap between them measures the skew.
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