单选题 Which of the following statements concerning a distribution with positive skewness and positive excess kurtosis is FALSE?

A. The mean will be greater than the mode.
B. It has a lower percentage of small deviations from the mean than a normal distribution.
C. There are a large number of positive outliers.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】A distribution with positive excess kurtosis has a higher percentage of small deviations from the mean than normal. So it is more "peaked" than a normal distribution. A distribution with positive skew has a mean ＞ mode.