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Left Skewed Box Plot. When the median is closer to the top of the box and the whisker is shorter on the upper end of the box the distribution is left-skewed or negatively skewed. For a distribution that is positively skewed the box plot will show the median closer to the lower or bottom quartile. The formulas used for calculating and plotting for the negatively skewed box plot is the same as that of the positively skewed distribution. Left Skewed Distribution Box Plot A boxplot of the left-skewed distribution has a median line that cuts the box into two unequal halves with the left box longer than the right.
A distribution is considered Positively Skewed when mean median. You are correct that indications of right-skewness of a sample from a boxplot may be that a the median is left of center inside the box and b a longer whisker to the right than to the left. The boxplot with right-skewed data shows wait times. The boxplot with left-skewed data shows failure time data. If the longer part of the box is to the right or above the median the data is said to be skewed right. When the median is in the middle of the box and the whiskers are roughly equal on each side the distribution is symmetrical or no skew.
If the distribution is skewed to the left most values are large but there are a few exceptionally small ones.
The following boxplots are skewed. However boxplots are best used for samples of moderate or large size. When the median is in the middle of the box and the whiskers are roughly equal on each side the distribution is symmetrical or no skew. The boxplot with left-skewed data shows failure time data. Skewness - Right Left Symmetric Distribution - Mean Median Mode With Boxplots. When the median is closer to the top of the box and if the whisker is shorter on the upper end of the box then the distribution is negatively skewed skewed left.