skewness
[ skyoo-nis ]
/ ˈskyu nɪs /
noun Statistics.
asymmetry in a frequency distribution.
a measure of such asymmetry.
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British Dictionary definitions for skewness
skewness
/ (ˈskjuːnɪs) /
noun
the quality or condition of being skew
statistics
a measure of the symmetry of a distribution around its mean, esp the statistic B 1 = m 3 / (m 2) 3/2, where m 2 and m 3 are respectively the second and third moments of the distribution around the mean. In a normal distribution, B 1 = 0
See kurtosis