Skewness Definition

skyo͝onis
noun
The fact or condition of being skew, or, esp., unsymmetrical.
Webster's New World
The lack of symmetry of the curve for a frequency distribution.
Webster's New World

The property of being skew.

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(statistics) A measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable; is the third standardized moment, defined as where is the third moment about the mean and is the standard deviation.

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skewness
Plural:
skewnesses

Skewness Sentence Examples

  • Modified, 6th July, 1995 to include skewness and kurtosis.

  • The mass corrections give the positive skewness that is observed at low Q. The trend of the data is well described.

  • Since skewness values are usually fairly small, a multiplying factor may be applied to all the skewness values are usually fairly small, a multiplying factor may be applied to all the skewness values calculated.

  • Negative Skewness A downward movement is more likely than an upward one.

  • Since skewness values are usually fairly small, a multiplying factor may be applied to all the skewness values calculated.

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