It seems to be that it would be more positively skewed since I doubt that a majority of the students had a 4.45 GPA, considering that it’s such a massive increase from last year.
When they say average they aren’t implying most frequent, are they?
Couldn’t the GPA distribution look something like this as well?
http://www.ken-szulczyk.com/misc/statistics/asymmetric_distribution_01.png
That may be a better way to look at it. Last year it was 4.2 to 4.5.
@Gator88NE I finally figured out what they meant.
In case other people are confused, I found this link to help explain what it means
https://admissions.vanderbilt.edu/vandybloggers/2010/12/understanding-the-mid-50/
Wait, but in that scenario couldn’t a majority of the people within the 50% range still be on the lower side?
It’s possible, but keep in mind that we know the top 25% is above that range, and that the bottom 25% is below. The distro over the middle 50% will not be a flat line, but it’s still more informative.
