Which of the following would indicate that a dataset is skewed to the right?
A) The interquartile range is larger than the range.
B) The range is larger than the interquartile range.
C) The mean is much larger than the median.
D) The mean is much smaller than the median.

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When a dataset is skewed to the right (positively skewed), the mean is typically pulled in the direction of the tail, making it larger than the median. This is because the mean is affected by extreme values, which are more common on the right side in a right-skewed distribution.

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