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Pearson's moment coefficient of skewness

Description

In probability theory and statistics, skewness is a measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable about its mean. The skewness value can be positive or negative, or even undefined. The skewness of a random variable X is the third standardized moment.

Related formulas

Variables

γSkewness (dimensionless)
μ3The third central moment ( about the random variable's mean) (dimensionless)
σThe standard deviation (dimensionless)