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2.4 Skewed Distributions

At the World Cup a statistician keeps track of the time when every first goal in a match is scored.   The statistician reported that the mean time it takes for a goal to be scored is 35.3 minutes.  Suppose that the statistician indicated that the time-to-first-goal distribution was skewed to the right. Which of the following values is most likely the value of the median time-to-first-goal?

A.    44.6                                 C.   38.1                    

B.    32.5                                 D.   35. 9

 

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