Practice Skewness - 1.3 | Statistics | Mathematics III (PDE, Probability & Statistics)
K12 Students

Academics

AI-Powered learning for Grades 8–12, aligned with major Indian and international curricula.

Professionals

Professional Courses

Industry-relevant training in Business, Technology, and Design to help professionals and graduates upskill for real-world careers.

Games

Interactive Games

Fun, engaging games to boost memory, math fluency, typing speed, and English skills—perfect for learners of all ages.

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What does a positive skewness indicate about a distribution?

💡 Hint: Think about where the bulk of data lies.

Question 2

Easy

Define skewness in your own words.

💡 Hint: Consider how data points are distributed around the mean.

Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation

Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What does a skewness of 0 indicate about a distribution?

  • It is negatively skewed
  • It is positively skewed
  • It is symmetric

💡 Hint: What does it mean for data to be evenly spread around the mean?

Question 2

True or False: A negative skewness indicates that most values lie to the right of the mean.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Visualize the distribution's shape.

Solve 2 more questions and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

You have data showing the daily temperature change over a month. If your skewness is 1.2, how would you interpret this in terms of weather trends?

💡 Hint: Think about how the extremes of temperatures affect the average.

Question 2

In analyzing customer purchase amounts during a sale, a skewness of -0.8 was recorded. Discuss how this might influence marketing strategies.

💡 Hint: Consider how understanding spending patterns can optimize marketing efforts.

Challenge and get performance evaluation