s20x (version 3.1-25)

skewness: 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.

Value

Returns the value of the skewness.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
##Merger data:
data(mergers.df)
skewness(mergers.df$mergerdays)

# }