skewness

[skyoo-nis] /ˈskyu nɪs/
noun, Statistics.
1.
asymmetry in a frequency distribution.
2.
a measure of such asymmetry.
Origin
1890-95; skew + -ness
Examples from the web for skewness
  • Over the past thirty-five years, and especially over the past ten, that top-end skewness has greatly increased.
  • skewness-a measure of the symmetry of a distribution.
  • We test this conjecture by examining the skewness of market returns.
  • As the absolute value of g increases, the amount of the skewness increases.
  • The skewness statistic, on the other hand, appears to have a large product- or industry-specific component.
  • skewness is a measure of the departure of the distribution of a random variable from symmetry.
  • skewness: a measure of the tendency for the distribution of values to be more spread out on one side than the other.
British Dictionary definitions for skewness

skewness

/ˈskjuːnɪs/
noun
1.
the quality or condition of being skew
2.
(statistics) a measure of the symmetry of a distribution around its mean, esp the statistic B1 = m3/(m2)3/2, where m2 and m3 are respectively the second and third moments of the distribution around the mean. In a normal distribution, B1 = 0 See kurtosis
Word Origin and History for skewness
n.

1877, from skew + -ness.