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Measures of Skewness
Measures of Skewness
Measures of Skewness
Kurtosis
Dr. Romario Bhong P. Ybaez
Research Director
St. Paul University Dumaguete
Number of Households
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Formulas
1.
2.
X Mo
SK
s
3( x Md )
SK
s
Interpretation of SK:
SK>0: positively skewed since the
mean > mode
SK < 0: negatively skewed since the
mean < mode
SK=0: symmetric since the mean =
mode
Example
Given the following scores: 80,92,
85, 87, 94, 83, 88, 91, 92, and
80.
Solution:
Mean =87.2, Median = 87.5,
s
= 5.09
SK=3(87.287.5)/5.09 = -0.18 <0
Kurtosis
MEASURE OF KURTOSIS
Peakedness or flatness
1.
2.
3.
Leptokurtic
Platykurtic
Mesokurtic
Formulas:
1 n
4
(Xi X )
n i 1
4
for ungroupeddata
4
S
1 n
4
X
X
f
(
)
i
i
f i i 1
4
for grouped data
4
S
Computational formula
Q 3 Q1
2
kurtosis ( K )
P90 P10
Interpretation:
K=3: mesokurtic
K>3: leptokurtic
K<3: platykurtic
Example:
Q3 = 91.75
P90 = 92.2
Q1 = 83.5
P10 = 80
91.75 83.5
2
(K )
0.34
92.2 80