Togaware DATA MINING
Desktop Survival Guide
by Graham Williams
Google

Skewness

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The http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/skewnessskewness is a measure of how asymmetrical the data is distributed. Skewness indicates the assymetry of the distribution. A positive skew indicates that the tail to the right is longer, and a negative skew that the tail to the left is longer.



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