Exercise: Comparing means, 5

Question 5. The standard deviations are bigger than the means. Why should we NOT conclude that change in serum creatinine has a skew distribution?

Suggested answer

The changes could be negative, so it is quite possible to have observations two standard deviations below the mean.

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