skewness
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nɪs noun Statistics.
1.
asymmetry in a frequency distribution.
2.
a measure of such asymmetry.
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| 1. | the quality or condition of being skew |
| 2. | statistics See kurtosis a measure of the symmetry of a distribution around its mean, esp the statistic B1 = m3/(m2)3/2, where m2 and m3 are respectively the second and third moments of the distribution around the mean. In a normal distribution, B1 = 0 |
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Example sentences
Skewness is a measure of the departure of the distribution of a random variable from symmetry.
We test this conjecture by examining the skewness of market returns.
The skewness statistic, on the other hand, appears to have a large product- or industry-specific component.
Skewness: a measure of the tendency for the distribution of values to be more spread out on one side than the other.
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