Question

A distribution is positively skewed if which of these statements is true about the density curve that represents it?

A. The left side is a mirror reflection of the right side.
B. The left tail is equal in length to the right tail.
C. The left tail is longer than the right.
D. The right tail is longer than the left.

Answer 1

The right answer for the question that is being asked and shown above is that: "D. The right tail is longer than the left." Positively skewed distribution is asymmetrical and points in the positive direction. So, the tail on the right is longer than that of the left.