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Understanding Skewness in Data

Christina discusses her understanding of skewness in data distributions. While she found determining left or right skewness relatively easy, other distribution shapes proved more challenging. Examples from class helped her visualize uniform distributions, surprising herself by correctly identifying an example as uniformly distributed. She concludes with a definition of skewness referring to the shape of a distribution and whether most data is on the left or right.

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Understanding Skewness in Data

Christina discusses her understanding of skewness in data distributions. While she found determining left or right skewness relatively easy, other distribution shapes proved more challenging. Examples from class helped her visualize uniform distributions, surprising herself by correctly identifying an example as uniformly distributed. She concludes with a definition of skewness referring to the shape of a distribution and whether most data is on the left or right.

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Shape of a Distribution: Skewness

NAME: Christina Garcia


A) Concept Explored: Observing data and checking for skewness.
B) Initial thoughts: For me it was relatively easy to determine when the histogram
was left or right skewed. However when we got to see other observed shapes of
distribution it was a little more challenging.
C) Connection to past material: Yes when discussing normal distribution. In obtaining
good samples, you want to have a unimodal and symmetric, bell shaped curve.
Many variables are nearly normal but non are exactly normal.
D) How I attempted to correct the concept: As far as uniform distribution. One
example in class helped me picture what uniform distribution would look like. I
was surprised I got it right because sometimes its hard for me to visually picture
examples. The question was the following:

Which of these variables do you expect to be uniformly distributed?


a)
b)
c)
d)

weights of adult females


salaries of a random sample of people from North Carolina
house prices
birthdays of classmates (day of the month)
The answer is d) birthdays of classmates which wed expect dates to be
distributed almost evenly (not everyone has the same birthdate)

E) Level of Confidence: 4
F) Final definition: Skewness refers to the shape of a distribution. If most of the data
is on the right, then it is left skewed and vice versa.

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