Topic :- Skewness

Q.1 Calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of skewness for the following distribution
Class interval 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 25-30 30-35 35-40
Frequency 6 8 17 21 15 11 2
Solution:
We prepare following table
Assumed mean (a) = 22.5
Class width (c) = 5

Class Class Freqn Cumu. fiui fiui2

Interval value fi Freqn
(xi)
5-10 7.5 6 6 -3 -18 54
10-15 12.5 8 14 -2 -16 32
15-20 17.5 17 31 -1 -17 17
20-25 22.5 21 52 0 0 0
25-30 27.5 15 67 1 15 15
30-35 32.5 11 78 2 22 44
35-40 37.5 2 80 3 6 18
N=

To calculate mean

Hence

Standard deviation
 where N = fi

To find mode

Modal class (l1 –l2) = (20-25)

Frequency of modal class (f) = 21

Frequency of pre-modal class (f1) = 17

Frequency of post-modal class (f2) = 15

Difference between frequency of modal class and of previous class d1

d1 = (f- f1) = 21-17 = 4

Difference between frequency of modal class and of following class d2

d2 = (f- f2) = 21-15 = 6

Q.2 The arithmetic mean and mode of a distribution are 25 and 20. If the coefficient
of variation of a distribution is 40%, then find Karl Pearson’s coefficient of
skewness.
Solution: Given mean = 25, mode= 20
Coefficient of variation = 40%

Q.3 for a group of 10 item and mode = 43.7. Find the

Karl Pearson coefficient of skewness.
Solution: n=10

=
Mode = 43.7
Q.4 Calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of skewness for the following distribution
Class interval 10-20 20-30 30-40 40-50 50-60 60-70 70-80
Frequency 4 7 11 13 13 9 3
Solution: We prepare following table
Assumed mean (a) = 45
Class width (c) = 10

Class Class Freqn Cumu. fiui fiui2

Interval value fi Freqn
(xi)
10-20 15 4 4 -3 -12 36
20-30 25 7 11 -2 -14 28
30-40 35 11 22 -1 -11 11
40-50 45 13 35 0 0 0
50-60 55 13 48 1 13 13
60-70 65 9 57 2 18 36
70-80 75 3 60 3 9 27
N=

To calculate mean

Hence
Standard deviation

where N = fi

As the data is bimodal (ill defined) calculate Median

N/2= 60/2 = 30

Modal class (l1 –l2) = (40-50)

Frequency of class (f) = 13

Cumulative Frequency of previous class (F) = 22

Q.5 For a moderately skewed distribution, A.M. = 160 , mode =157 and standard
deviation = 50 find (i) coefficient of variation (ii) Karl Pearson’s coefficient of
skewness (iii) Median

Solution: mean = 160

Mode= 157
Standard deviation = 50

When mode is ill defined then relation used is

(Mean – Mode) = 3(Mean –Median)
Hence 160-157 = 3(160 – Median)
3 = 3(160 – Median)
1= 160 - Median
Median = 159

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