skewness {s20x} | R Documentation |
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.
skewness(x)
x |
vector containing the data. |
Returns the value of the skewness.
##Merger data: data(mergers.df) skewness(mergers.df$mergerdays)