Although a researcher was hoping data from his personality questionnaire would have a normal distribution, the median and mode are both quite a bit higher than the mean. This means his data are
A) positively skewed.
B) negatively skewed.
C) invalid.
D) unreliable.

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When the median and mode are higher than the mean, it indicates a negatively skewed distribution. This means that there is a longer tail on the left side of the distribution, pulling the mean to a lower value compared to the median and mode.

Although a Researcher Was Hoping Data from His Personality Questionnaire