skewness: Skewness Statistic
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skewness R Documentation
Skewness Statistic
Description
Calculates the skewness statistic of the data in 'x'. Values close to zero
correspond to reasonably symmetric data, positive values of this measure
indicate right-skewed data whereas negative values indicate left-skewness.
Usage
skewness(x, ...)
Arguments
x
vector containing the data.
...
any other variables to be passed to mean and sd, e.g.
na.rm = TRUE.
Value
Returns the value of the skewness.
Examples
##Merger data:
data(mergers.df)
skewness(mergers.df$mergerdays)
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Skewness Statistic
Description
Calculates the skewness statistic of the data in 'x'. Values close to zero correspond to reasonably symmetric data, positive values of this measure indicate right-skewed data whereas negative values indicate left-skewness.
Usage
skewness(x, ...)
Arguments
x |
vector containing the data. |
... |
any other variables to be passed to |
Value
Returns the value of the skewness.
Examples
##Merger data:
data(mergers.df)
skewness(mergers.df$mergerdays)
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