Raekwon is in the process of running some basic descriptive statistics. He receives information that his kurtosis is -.57 and his skewness is .80. Based on this information, what can Raekwon say about his sample?
A)The sample is tall and not skewed.
B)The sample is flat and positively skewed.
C)The sample is tall and positively skewed.
D)The sample is flat and negatively skewed.

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Kurtosis of -.57 indicates the distribution is flatter than a normal distribution (negative kurtosis), and a skewness of .80 indicates the distribution is positively skewed, meaning it has a longer tail on the right side.

Raekwon Is in the Process of Running Some Basic Descriptive