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<h1>Skewness of the sample</h1>
<div class="hidden name"><code>skewness.Rd</code></div>
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<p>Skewness is a measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable about its mean.</p>
<p>When negative: the left tail is longer; the mass of the distribution is concentrated on the right of the figure. When positive: the right tail is longer; the mass of the distribution is concentrated on the left of the figure.</p>
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<pre class="usage"><span class='fu'>skewness</span>(<span class='no'>x</span>, <span class='kw'>na.rm</span> <span class='kw'>=</span> <span class='fl'>FALSE</span>)
<span class='co'># S3 method for default</span>
<span class='fu'>skewness</span>(<span class='no'>x</span>, <span class='kw'>na.rm</span> <span class='kw'>=</span> <span class='fl'>FALSE</span>)
<span class='co'># S3 method for matrix</span>
<span class='fu'>skewness</span>(<span class='no'>x</span>, <span class='kw'>na.rm</span> <span class='kw'>=</span> <span class='fl'>FALSE</span>)
<span class='co'># S3 method for data.frame</span>
<span class='fu'>skewness</span>(<span class='no'>x</span>, <span class='kw'>na.rm</span> <span class='kw'>=</span> <span class='fl'>FALSE</span>)</pre>
<h2 class="hasAnchor" id="arguments"><a class="anchor" href="#arguments"></a>Arguments</h2>
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<th>x</th>
<td><p>a vector of values, a <code>matrix</code> or a <code>data frame</code></p></td>
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<th>na.rm</th>
<td><p>a logical value indicating whether <code>NA</code> values should be stripped before the computation proceeds.</p></td>
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<h2 class="hasAnchor" id="see-also"><a class="anchor" href="#see-also"></a>See also</h2>
<div class='dont-index'><p><code><a href='kurtosis.html'>kurtosis</a></code></p></div>
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