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Explain left and right skew and how this affects the mean of a data set.

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Skewed Left Skewed Right Log Transformations and Statistical Tests
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left skew is below the mean and right skew is above. left would mean that they got below average or didn’t meet standards and left they achieved or went beyond the average
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