When the Right Tail of a Distribution's Curve Is Longer

question 7

Multiple Choice

When the right tail of a distribution's curve is longer than the left, what is this called?

• A) Platykurtic
• B) Leptokurtic
• C) Positive skew
• D) Negative skew

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