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OBLIQUITY [2 records]

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Record 1 2013-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
  • Statistics
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
OBS

If the frequency curve ... of a distribution has a longer "tail" to the right of the central maximum than to the left, the distribution is said to be skewed to the right or to have positive skewness. If the reverse is true it is said to be skewed to the left or to have negative skewness.

OBS

The skewness is much more widely used than is the term asymmetry. Syntactic units formed with the term skewness are also widely used.

Key term(s)
  • obliquity
  • skewness characteristics
  • skew

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
  • Statistique
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
DEF

Caractère non symétrique d'une distribution de probabilités.

CONT

Caractéristiques d'asymétrie. Coefficients d'asymétrie. Il s'agit: - d'apprécier si la fonction de distribution [...] admet un axe de symétrie; - dans la négative, de préciser si son sommet (correspondant au mode) est désaxé vers la gauche, ou vers la droite; - et, enfin, de mesurer ces particularités par un nombre sans dimension. C'est la position du mode par rapport à la moyenne (ou à la médiane) qui caractérise l'asymétrie [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Matemáticas
  • Estadística
  • Diagramas y gráficos estadísticos
DEF

[Falta de correspondencia exacta] en una distribución de frecuencias o de probabilidades.

OBS

asimetría: término extraído del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 2 1999-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

A deviation from the vertical or the horizontal. The quality of being oblique.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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