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Skewness

What is Skewness?

Skewness measures the relative likelihood of observations above and below the mean. The normal distribution has a skewness of zero.

$$Skewness=\frac{E[(x-\mu)^3]}{\sqrt{E[(x-u)^2]^3}}$$

$$Positive\; Skewness\;$$

A graph demonstrating a positive skewness.

$$Negative\; Skewness\;$$

A graph demonstrating a negative skewness.