This is not necessarily a contradiction, because 5,000 + square foot homes are relatively uncommon and represent the extreme upper tail of the distribution. (rismedia.com)
While these two bars were not clearly directional, our bet went with the bears due to the long upper tail. (tradingsetupsreview.com)
The extreme upper tail can behave differently than the center of the distribution, measured by the average or median. (rismedia.com)