Statistics.(of a distribution) not symmetrical; havingskewness. Discover More Word History and Origins Origin ofskew1 First recorded in 1350–1400; (for the verb)Middle Englishskewen“to slip away, swerve,” fromMiddle Dutchschuwen“to get out of the way, shun,” derivative ofschu(Dutchschuw...
a. composed of or being elements that are neither parallel nor intersecting as, for example, two lines not lying in the same plane in a three-dimensional space b. (of a curve) not lying in a plane 4. (Statistics) (of a statistical distribution) not having equal probabilities above and ...
- statistics, skewness is a measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable about its mean. The skewness value can...- In geometry, a skew polygon is a closed polygonal chain in Euclidean space. It is a figure similar to a polygon except its ...
skew[sth]vtrfigurative(statistics: distort)(统计学)SCSimplified Chinese使偏斜shǐ piān xié The researchers chose their research subjects carefully, in order to skew the statistics to give the result they wanted. 为了得到自己想要的结果,这些研究员精心挑选了科研题目,以扭曲统计结果。
to skew the statistics Definitions on the go Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app. [intransitive] + adv./prep. (British English) to move or lie at an angle, especially in a position that is not normal The ba...
In statistics, departure from symmetry of a frequency distribution. Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012 Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. Link to this page: skew Facebo...
By definition, two skew lines exist in different planes, but they are still lines. The two planes containing two skew lines can be parallel to each other, but they don't have to be. How does one know if a line is skew? Skew lines are not parallel and they do not intersect. Compare...
Arellano-Valle RB, del Pino G, Martin ES (2002) Definition and probabilistic properties of skew-distributions. Statistics and Probability Letters 58(2):111 - 121Arellano-Valle, R., del Pino, G. and San Mart´in, E. (2002) Definition and probabilistic properties of skew distributions. ...
2.(Statistics)statisticsthe difference between an observed value in a series of such values and their arithmetic mean 3.(Navigation) the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, ...
Noun1.skew correlation- any correlation in which the rates of change of the variables is not constant curvilinear correlation,nonlinear correlation statistics- a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimat...