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scipy.stats.mstats.skew¶
- scipy.stats.mstats.skew(a, axis=0, bias=True)[source]¶
Computes the skewness of a data set.
Parameters: a : ndarray
data
axis : int or None, optional
Axis along which skewness is calculated. Default is 0. If None, compute over the whole array a.
bias : bool, optional
If False, then the calculations are corrected for statistical bias.
Returns: skewness : ndarray
The skewness of values along an axis, returning 0 where all values are equal.
Notes
For more details about skew, see stats.skew.