6 Charts & Diagrams 2 Flashcards

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Skewness

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The degree of distortion of a set of data from the symmetrical distribution

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Positive and negative skew

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The degree to which the tail of one side of a distribution is different
- right hand tail longer = positive skew
- left hand tail longer = negative skew

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