skewness
/ˈskjuːnəs/
a measure of asymmetry in a probability distribution
skewness in a sentence
“Income distributions typically show positive skewness.”
Origin of skewness
From skew (Old Norse skeifr oblique) + -ness
Related Words
kurtosis
a measure of the 'tailedness' of a probability distribution
multivariate
involving two or more random variables
percentile
the value below which a given percentage of observations fall
outlier
an observation that lies far from other values
normal distribution
a symmetric bell-shaped probability distribution
binomial
relating to experiments with two possible outcomes