Exam 1

  1. Metainformation

    Tag Value
    fileDescriptive-statistics_eur-descriptive-104-en_eur-descriptive-104-en
    nameeur-descriptive-104-en
    sectionDescriptive statistics/Summary Statistics/Measures of Location/Mean, Descriptive statistics/Summary Statistics/Measures of Location/Median
    typestring
    solution"equal to"
    Typestring
    Programnone
    LanguageEnglish
    LevelStatistical Literacy

    Question

    Fill in: “larger than”, “smaller than” or “equal to”: When a variable is normally distributed the mean is …. the median.


    Solution

    When a variable is normally distributed the mean is equal to the median. A normally distributed variable is perfectly symmetric. This means that 50% of the observations is larger than the mean and 50% is smaller than the mean.