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median > mean so negative skew
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Bin frequency
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4 1
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SKEW() = -0.4587
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Skewness Explored
This worksheet was inspired by this page: http://www.real-statistics.com/descriptive-statistics/symmetry-skewn
The data and explanations that follow are mine!
SKEW.P
Data Data (xi-xbar)^3 ((xi-xbar)/stdev)
602 602 - 7,625,829,940 - 3.24
4,119 4,119 3,714,369,200 1.58
1,751 1,751 - 549,997,441 - 0.23
3,091 3,091 141,160,338 0.06
3,779 3,779 1,765,769,487 0.75
3,262 3,262 330,914,391 0.14
1,853 1,853 - 369,095,559 - 0.16
3,564 3,564 981,159,575 0.42
139 139 - 14,372,303,108 - 6.11
4,567 4,567 7,960,226,098 3.39
1,605 1,605 - 899,526,397 - 0.38
1,281 1,281 - 2,143,296,025 - 0.91
3,470 3,470 728,222,676 0.31
1,533 1,533 - 1,116,190,326 - 0.47
1,483 1,483 - 1,285,500,143 - 0.55
1,368 1,368 - 1,738,041,789 - 0.74
1,642 1,642 - 800,005,774 - 0.34
3,459 3,459 701,836,934 0.30
4,645 4,645 8,930,039,112 3.80
246 246 - 12,557,053,875 - 5.34
4,471 4,471 6,866,367,036 2.92
2,803 2,803 12,597,291 0.01
3,641 3,641 1,227,380,081 0.52
4,717 4,717 9,892,405,958 4.21
3,015 3,015 87,931,158 0.04
1,760 1,760 - 532,071,105 - 0.23
1,736 1,736 - 580,761,694 - 0.25
2,170 2,170 - 64,153,723 - 0.03
1,857 1,857 - 362,955,350 - 0.15
2,439 2,439 - 2,264,606 - 0.00
1,052 1,052 - 3,500,176,449 - 1.49
2,067 2,067 - 127,506,570 - 0.05
4,220 4,220 4,489,511,907 1.91
1,422 1,422 - 1,514,219,333 - 0.64
1,271 1,271 - 2,193,554,203 - 0.93
3,770 3,770 1,726,617,969 0.73
3,708 3,708 1,472,517,179 0.63
4,418 4,418 6,307,834,260 2.68
1,329 1,329 - 1,912,719,380 - 0.81
3,628 3,628 1,183,212,848 0.50
4,930 4,930 13,138,909,909 5.59
4,663 4,663 9,164,493,577 3.90
3,189 3,189 236,809,015 0.10
696 696 - 6,584,627,601 - 2.80
2,722 2,722 3,489,675 0.00
749 749 - 6,041,694,620 - 2.57
2,953 2,953 56,041,183 0.02
2,004 2,004 - 181,629,212 - 0.08
2,067 2,067 - 127,506,570 - 0.05
1,590 1,590 - 942,114,285 - 0.40
atistics.com/descriptive-statistics/symmetry-skewness-kurtosis/
From To f 10
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1,000 1500 7 7
1,500 2000 9 6
2,000 2500 5 5
2,500 3000 3
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3,500 4000 6 3
4,000 4500 4 2
4,500 5000 5 1
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XY Scatter Graph of the Data
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Boxplot Larger Skew Example
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Dot Plot Using REPT
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1500 7 nnnnnnn
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Simulation: using the larger skew example
Gorilla Heights a
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Weight
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Skewness: SKEW() -0.3980
Skewness: formula -0.3980
SKEW.P - 0.3468
Workings
average 46.05
standard deviation 8
standard deviation cubed 499
n 20
sum (xi-xbar)^3 - 3,394
median 47.00
min 31
max 57
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Height
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Skewness and Kurtosis Explored
King Kong Example from Makridakis pages 197 - 198
Gorilla Heights a
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Skewness: SKEW() 3.4594
Skewness: formula 3.4594
SKEW.P 2.9696
Workings
average 50.05
standard deviation 20
standard deviation cubed 7,861
n 21
sum (xi-xbar)^3 492,083
median 47.00
min 31
max 130
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Skewness and Kurtosis Explored
The data come from http://office.microsoft.com/en-001/excel-help/skew-HP005209261.aspx