skewness: Skewness

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Skewness

Description

Skewness

Usage

skewness(InputVariable, na.rm = FALSE)

Arguments

InputVariable	numerical or logical. Inputvariable has to be a numerical or logical vector. Other inputs are not allowed. NA values are allowed and can be removed using argument 'na.rm'
na.rm	logical- Logical value if NA values should be removed. default is 'FALSE', NAs will not be removed and result is NA. Set to 'TRUE' to remove NA values.

Value

numerical. Returns a single value representing the skewness.

Examples

skewness(InputVariable = rnorm(1E7)) # result should be approx. 0
skewness(InputVariable = rlnorm(1E7)) # result should be > 5

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