positive skewness

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positive skewness [′päz·əd·iv ′skü·nəs]

(statistics)

Property of a unimodal distribution with a longer tail in the direction of higher values of the random variable.

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No references found			A normal distribution is symmetric, and has a skewness value of zero whereas a distribution with a significant positive skewness has a long right tail indicative of pixels with higher signal intensity, ie, greater fat. Skeletal muscle strength and endurance in recipients of lung ... by Mathur, Sunita; Levy, Robert D.; Reid, W. Darlene / Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal In addition, squared daily returns in all markets (not reported) exhibit very high positive skewness and excess kurtosis. Are daily stock price indices in the major European equity markets ... by Kasibhatla, Krishna M.; Stewart, David; Sen, Swapan; Malindretos, John / American Economist Indices' returns display significant positive skewness where the null hypothesis of skewness coefficients conforming to the normal distribution value of zero is rejected. Long-range dependence in daily volatility on Tunisian stock market by Bellalah, Mondher; Aloui, Chaker; Abaoub, Ezzeddine / International Journal of Business			positive linear functional Positive Logic positive meniscus lens positive mirror positive modulation positive mold positive motion positive movement positive number positive ore Positive Organ positive part positive pedal curve positive phase sequence positive photokinesis positive phototaxis positive pole Positive Process positive ray positive real function Positive Relief form positive semidefinite positive series positive shoreline positive sign positive skewness positive temperature coefficient positive terminal positive transfer positive transmission positive vetting positive with respect to a signed measure positive zero positive-displacement positive-displacement compressor Positive-Displacement Hydraulic Drive positive-displacement meter positive-displacement pump positive-grid oscillator positive-ion sheath positive-phase-sequence relay Positivism Positron positron camera positron depth profiling positron emission positron emission spectroscopy positron emission tomography Positronium positronium velocity spectroscopy POSIX			Positive right Positive Rolandic Sharp Waves Positive roots Positive rotation Positive Sample Only Learning Positive Samsonite Sign positive scotoma positive scotoma positive scotoma Positive Semi-Definite Hermitian Positive semidefinite Positive sense virus Positive sense virus positive sequence Positive Sequence Load Flow positive series positive sharp wave positive sharp wave positive sharp wave positive sharp wave positive sharp wave positive sharp wave positive shoreline Positive sign Positive sign Positive sign (astrology) Positive sign (astrology) Positive signs Positive signs positive signs of pregnancy positive skewness Positive Small Positive Smoke Test Positive Spontaneous Visual Phenomena positive stain Positive statement Positive static charge Positive static charge Positive Stimmung für Deutschland positive stimulus Positive Surgical Margins and/or Seminal Vesicle Involvement positive symptom Positive symptoms Positive Target Identification Positive temperature coefficient Positive temperature coefficient Positive Temperature Coefficient of Resistivity Positive Temperature Coefficient Register positive terminal Positive test Positive test Positive test Positive Test/Regressive Test Positive Thermal Coefficient Positive Thyroid Hormone Response Element Positive Train Control Positive Train Location Positive Train Separation Positive Transaction Control

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