skew {sur}

Skewness of a Distribution

Description

Function to obtain the skewness value of a distribution of values.

Usage

skew(x)

Arguments

x

numeric object containing the values for a variable.

Details

Skewness value computed on non-missing values using the ratio of \Sigma((x - m)^3) / N to \sqrt(\Sigma((x - m)^2) / N) ^3.

Value

Skewness value of x.

See Also

se.skew, skew.ratio

Examples

skew(IceCream$relhumid)
skew(IceCream$temp)