Examples
Distribution of Income
If the distribution of the household incomes of a region is studied, from values ranging between $5,000 to $250,000, most of the citizens fall in the group between $5,000 and $100,000, which forms the bulk of the distribution towards the left side of the distribution, which is the lower side. However, a couple of individuals may have a very high income, in millions. This makes the tail of extreme values (high income) extend longer towards the positive, or right side. Thus, it is a positively skewed distribution.
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