As he calculates the measures of central tendency for his data set, Andrew notices the mean is substantially higher than the median. Andrew concludes that the distribution is most likely
A) symmetrical.
B) positively skewed.
C) negatively skewed.
D) bimodal.

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A significantly higher mean than the median suggests that there are some high outliers in the dataset, which pulls the mean towards the right or positive direction. This type of distribution is known as a positively skewed distribution.

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