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An oblique or slanting asymmetry
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skewness
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In probability theory and statistics , skewness is a measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real -valued random variable about its mean. The skewness value can be positive or negative, or even undefined. The qualitative interpretation ...
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n. an oblique or slanting asymmetry [syn: lopsidedness ]
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The property of being skew. 2 (context statistics English) A measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable; is the third standardized moment, defined as scriptstylegamma_1 = frac{mu_3}{sigma^3}, ! where mu_3 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1877, from skew + -ness .
Usage examples of skewness.
Quartz and rock crystal, suffused with Plattnerite, glimmered about the framework, giving the whole a sense of unreality and skewness.