Skewness

Prepared by: Sheila Mae F. Abaring

 Frequency distribution can assume
almost any shape. This shape of the
frequency distribution influences the
relationship among the measures of
central tendency. If the distribution is
symmetric and unimodal, then the mean,
the median and the mode will all coincide.
But some frequency distribution are
asymetrical. Distribution of this kind,
which have a pronounced “tail” on one side
or the other, are skewed.
Symmetrical Asymmetrical
In statistics...
 Skewness means lack of symmetry.

DEFINING
In Mathematics, a figure is called symmetric if
there exists a point in it through which if a
perpendicular is drawn on the x-axis, it divides
SKEWNESS the figure into two congruent parts i.e.
identical in all respect or one part can be
superimposed on the other i.e mirror images of
each other.
In Statistics, a distribution
is called symmetric if mean,
median and mode coincide.
Otherwise, the distribution
becomes asymmetric.
If a distribution is Symmetric
(normal distribution): median=
mean= mode,
(Skewness value is 0)
 If the right tail is longer, we get a
positively skewed distribution for which
mean>median>mode (skewness value is
>0)
 If the left tail is longer, we get a
negatively skewed distribution for which
mean<median<mode (skewness value is
<0)
 Pearsonian
coefficient of
skewness
 Example 1:
Using the data below, solve for the skewness of the
distributions.
Solving for the Skewness
of the data:
 The Skewness value of Group A is 0.397
while for Group B is 0.548. Both data show
positive skewness, which means that both
groups have low scores. However, group A has
Interpretation: lower skewness value than what the control
group received. This implies that the scores of
group A are more dispersed than that of group
B.
 Example 2:

For a distribution Karl Pearson’s

Coefficient of skewness is 0.64,
standard deviation is 13 and mean is
59.2. find the mode and median.
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Example 3:
Thank You