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The Current Population Survey conducted by the Census Bureau records the incomes of a large sample of U.S. households each month. What will be the relationship between the mean and median of the collected data

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Step-by-step explanation:

There are 3 possible cases that describe the relationship between the mean and median of the collected data.

First case:

If the distribution is symmetric then, mean = median.

Second case:

For the positively skewed frequency distribution, the mean is greater than the median.

Third case:

For the negatively skewed frequency distribution mean is less than the median.

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