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ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : A.KRISHNA KUMAR
Designation : Sr. Lecturer
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Recap
Skewed distribution
Measure of Skewed distribution
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Formula
Absolute Skewness = Mean-Mode
Karl Pearson`s coefficient of Skewness or Relative
measure of Skewness or Coefficent of Skewness
j = Arithmetic mean –
Mode
a z &
&
x&
SD(or)zσ
S kp or
=
3(Mean – Median)
SD (or) σ
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Example:1
Calculate Karl Pearson`s co-efficient of Skewness on
the basis of Mean, Mode and SD
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Solution to Ex.1
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Solution contd
&
&
x& A
fd
N,
283
&
&
x& 17.5 ,17.5 0.566 18.066
500
2
fd 2 fd
N N
2
1735 283
500 500
3.47 0.32
3.15
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1.775
Solution Contd
By inspection it is clear that Mode is 18.5
Karl Pearson’s Coefficient of
Skewness = Mean - Mode
Standard deviation
j = X - Z
σ
= 18.066 – 18.5
1.775
= - 0.245
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Example 2
Calculate the co-efficient of Skewness based on AM,
Median and SD from the following data.
variable Frequency
100-110 4
110-120 16
120-130 36
130-140 52
140-150 64
150-160 40
160-170 32
170-180 11
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Solution to Ex.2
Calculation of Skewness
A=135 x
d
100 – 110 4 105 -30 -3 -12 9 36 4
110 – 120 16 115 -20 -2 -32 4 64 20
120 -130 36 125 - 10 -1 -36 1 36 56
130 -140 52 135 0 0 0 0 0 108
140 - 150 64 145 +10 +1 +64 1 64 172
150 – 160 40 155 +20 +2 +80 4 160 212
160 - 170 32 165 +30 +3 +96 9 288 244
170 - 180 11 175 +40 +4 +44 16 176 255
N= ∑fdx’= ∑fdx2’=
255 204 824
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Solution Contd
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Solution Contd
2
fdx 2
fdx
N N xC
2
824 204
xC
255 255
3.231 0.64 x10
2.591x10
1.61x10
16.1
fdx 204
fdx 2 824
N 25C 10 CCP303.74 13
Solution Contd
3 Mean Median
Karlpearson`scoefficentofSkewness
S tan darddeviation
3 (143 – 143.05)
16.1
= - 0.15/16.1
= - 0.0093
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Summary
Absolute Skewness = Mean-Mode
Mean - Mode
Karl Pearson`s coefficient of Skewness= Standard deviation
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Quiz
1. Given Mean and Mode,which of the following is
needed to find out Karl Pearson`s Co-efficient of
Skewness
b) Co-efficient of variation
c) Standard Deviation
d) Median
e) None of the above
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Frequency Asked Questions
1.Find
the Measure of Skewness for the following
Mean:160
Mode:157
Standard deviation:40
(4Marks-Coo-Oct2005)
6.Karl pearson`s Skewness is0.42,A.M=86 and
Medium=80,Calculate Standard deviation and
Coefficient of Variation
(4Marks-Coo-Oct2006)
8.The Coefficient of Skewness Mode, Mean of a
distribution are 0.52,19.4 respectively .
calculate sd
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Oct2007)
Assignment
1. Calculate Karl Pearson’s co-efficient of
Skewness for the following data
Size Frequency
20 8
30 12
40 20
50 10
60 6
70 4
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Assignment
Size Frequency
11 2
12 4
13 10
14 8
15 5
16 1
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Assignment
Age Frequency
20 - 25 50
25 - 30 70
30 – 35 80
35 - 40 180
40 - 45 150
45 - 50 120
50 - 55 70
55 - 60 CCP303.74
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