skewness
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈskjuːnəs/
- Specialized
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asimetría
- The shapes of the distributions can be described by their coefficients of skewness and kurtosis.
- skewness and kurtosis
- skewness values
- positive skewness
So they look at the skewness of credit growth.
- So they look at the skewness of credit growth.
- And maybe the utility function should be adding some penalties for skewness or kurtosis, and that's being ignored here.
- We'll talk a little bit more about the skewness too in a second, But that's a good, good kind of thoughtful question.
Examples
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Distributions for each measured variable were examined for normality, skewness, and multivariate kurtosis.
Academic text (2012) -
The distributions of DRF, Proportion of Nightmares, and Proportion of Bad Dreams had positive skewness and kurtosis.
Academic text (2005) -
So they look at the skewness of credit growth.
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For instance, skewness and kurtosis values were less than 2 and fell within 1 SE.
Academic text (2006) -
The distribution of scores was near normal, with a skewness of 0.13.
Academic text (2015) -
Mr. Smith asked for one or more measures of central tendency, variability, skewness, and kurtosis.
Academic text (1997) -
In addition, preliminary statistical procedures were utilized, including tests for skewness and kurtosis.
Academic text (2013) -
All data were normally distributed as defined with kurtosis and skewness statistics (Tabachnick & Fidell, 1996).
Academic text (2005) -
Normality of distribution was inspected visually for each variable and checked for skewness (normality range: -2.0 to 2.0).
Academic text (2012) -
The analysis showed a skewness of 1.2, indicating that the data distribution was not symmetrical.
Synonyms
19
6.5
When two sides are not the same in shape, size, or position
1
6.1
One side is much lower, larger, or different than the other
A situation where two or more parts are not the same
Antonyms
How Asymmetrical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Skewness comes from the adjective skew, which means 'slanting' or 'not straight' and is like the word askew. So skewness is the 'slant' or uneven tilt you can see in a building or in a set of numbers.