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Skewness is a measure of the degree of asymmetry of a distribution. If the left tail (tail at small
end of the distribution) is more pronounced than the right tail (tail at the large end of the
distribution), the function is said to have negative skewness. If the reverse is true, it has positive
skewness. If the two are equal, it has zero skewness.
Several types of skewness are defined, the terminology and notation of which are unfortunately
rather confusing. "The" skewness of a distribution is defined to be
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Positively Skewed Distribution: - The value of the arithmetic mean is greater than the mode;
then the distribution is called Positively Skewed.
Nagatively Skewed Distribution: - If the value of the mode is greater than the arithmetic mean;
the distribution is called Negatively Skewed.
Several forms of skewness are also defined. The momental skewness is defined by
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and
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