Given below are two statements : Statement I : In a classroom assessment, a…
2020
Given below are two statements :
Statement I : In a classroom assessment, a teacher finds that the distribution of students' score is positively skewed. Hence, the mean of scores will be greater than median and median will be greater than mode.
Statement II : When the distribution of students' score is found to be normal, all the three measures of central tendency coincide.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below :
- A.
Both Statement I and Statement II are correct
- B.
Both Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
- C.
Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
- D.
Statement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
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Correct answer: A
In a positively skewed distribution, mean > median > mode. In a normal distribution, mean, median and mode coincide. Hence both statements are correct.