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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When the right tail of a distribution's curve is longer than the left, it is referred to as positive skew. This means that the mean is usually larger than the median, and the distribution is skewed towards higher values.

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