skewness in English dictionary

  • skewness

    Meanings and definitions of "skewness"

    • The property of being skew.
    • (statistics) A measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable; is the third standardized moment, defined as \scriptstyle\gamma_1 = \frac{\mu_3}{\sigma^3}, \! where \mu_3 is the third moment about the mean and \sigma is the standard deviation.
    • noun
      The property of being skew.
    • noun
      (statistics)
      A measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable; is the third standardized moment, defined as \scriptstyle\gamma_1 = \frac{\mu_3}{\sigma^3}, \! where \mu_3 is the third moment about the mean and \sigma is the standard deviation.
    • property of being skew
    • measure of the asymmetry
    • noun
      an oblique or slanting asymmetry

    Synonyms of "skewness" in English dictionary

    dissymmetry, asymmetry, lopsidedness are the top synonyms of "skewness" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of skewness

    • skewness ( uncountable)
    • skewness (countable and uncountable, plural skewnesses)
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