English Explanatory Dictionary

skewness

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The property of being skew.
  2. A measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable; is the third standardized moment, defined as scriptstyle γ₁=(μ₃)/(σ³),! where μ₃ is the third moment about the mean and σ is the standard deviation.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

skewness skewnesses

Etymology

From skew + -ness.

Derived words

hyperskewness
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