Skewness
- calculate skewness

Math functions
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SYNTAX Skewness( ARRAY, range, population = True )
RETURNS ARRAY
FUNCTION The function calculates Skewness

Skewness( ARRAY, range, False ) - works the same as Excel's SKEW function

Skewness( ARRAY, range, True ) - works the same as Excel's SKEW.P function

The Skewness of a data set is a measurement of the asymmetry of the distribution about the mean.

A Skewness of zero indicates perfect symmetry:

A positive Skewness indicates that more values lie below the mean and the distribution has a 'tail' which extends towards the higher values;

A negative Skewness indicates that more values lie above the mean and the distribution has a 'tail' which extends towards the lower values.

EXAMPLE
SEE ALSO Kurtosis() function , StDev() function

References:

The Skewness function is used in the following formulas in AFL on-line library:

More information:

See updated/extended version on-line.