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skewness

[ skyoo-nis ]

noun

Statistics.
  1. asymmetry in a frequency distribution.
  2. a measure of such asymmetry.


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noun

  1. the quality or condition of being skew
  2. statistics 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 See kurtosis
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of skewness1

First recorded in 1890–95; skew + -ness
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And negative skewness is the opposite: it’s a small chance of something terrible happening such as a bank run.

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Plotting the global distribution of skewness in records of scientists’ citations by others ought to produce a symmetrical curve, says Wren, but doesn’t.

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For example, why do so many climate models fail to simulate the nonlinear processes associated with the SST skewness?

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That step alone would reduce the skewness of the nation’s post-tax income distribution.

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The first is to respond to skewness towards large values; i.e., cases in which one or a few points are much larger than the bulk of the data.

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