Neeraj Kumar

measure of the degree of asymmetry of a frequency distribution. In other words, it is an asymmetric distribution in which the scores are bunched on one side of the central tendency and trail out on the other. When a distribution is not symmetrical it is called skewed

Positively skewed distribution A.M > Median > Mode Negatively skewed distribution. A.M < Median < Mode

A.M > Median > Mode It contains some larger observations than the majority of observations More than half area under curve is on right side of mode Q3-Median > Median- Q1

A.M < Median < Mode A negative skewed distribution contains much smaller values More than half area under curve lies left side of mode Q3-Median < Median- Q1

SYMMETRICAL

SKEWED

Mean= Median= Mode SUM of positive deviation

not equal Not equal amount of

from mean/mode is equal to

SUM of negative deviation

deviation decides the type of

skewness

Q3-Median = Median- Q1 Frequencies on either side of mode are equal

Not so
Not so

Karl Pearsons Co-efficient of Skewness,

The value of SKp various b/w 3. For moderately skewed distribution,

 Bowleys

Coefficient of Skewness,

Kellys

coefficient of Skewness