In left-skewed distributions, the distance from the smallest value to Q1 is greater than the distance from Q3 to the largest value.

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In a left-skewed distribution, the data is clustered towards the right, meaning that there are more extreme values on the left side of the distribution. Therefore, the distance from the smallest value to Q1 (the first quartile) is greater than the distance from Q3 (the third quartile) to the largest value.

In Left-Skewed Distributions, the Distance from the Smallest Value to Q1