Mean, Median, and Mode Are

question 147

Multiple Choice

Mean, median, and mode are:

• A) equal to one another in any Poisson probability distribution
• B) equal to one another in any normal probability distribution
• C) different measures of center and, therefore, cannot possibly be equal to one another
• D) different measures of center, but can equal each other only if the probability distribution is negatively or positively skewed
• E) equal to one another in any normal probability distribution and different measures of center and, therefore, cannot possibly be equal to one another

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