Associations to the word «Skewness»

Wiktionary

SKEWNESS, noun. The property of being skew.
SKEWNESS, noun. (statistics) A measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable; is the third standardized moment, defined as \(\scriptstyle\gamma_1 = \frac{\mu_3}{\sigma^3}, \!\) where \(\mu_3\) is the third moment about the mean and \(\sigma\) is the standard deviation.

Dictionary definition

SKEWNESS, noun. An oblique or slanting asymmetry.

Wise words

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery