Given that p = 0.6 and q = 0.4, what is the shape of the binomial distribution?

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RANDOM VARIABLE AND PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS

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4 Jun 2022
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When the probability of success p is greater than 0.5, the binomial distribution tends to be skewed to the left (negatively skewed). Since p = 0.6 and q = 0.4, the distribution exhibits negative skewness.

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