bundles / scipy 2.0.0.dev0+git20260907.41eeb59 / scipy / stats / _mstats_basic / skew
function
scipy.stats._mstats_basic:skew
source: build-install/usr/lib/python3.14/site-packages/scipy/stats/_mstats_basic.py:2991
Signature
def skew(a, axis = 0, bias = True)Summary
Computes the skewness of a data set.
Parameters
a: ndarraydata
axis: int or None, optionalAxis along which skewness is calculated. Default is 0. If None, compute over the whole array
a.bias: bool, optionalIf False, then the calculations are corrected for statistical bias.
Returns
skewness: ndarrayThe skewness of values along an axis, returning 0 where all values are equal.
Notes
For more details about skew, see scipy.stats.skew.
Aliases
scipy.stats._mstats_basic.skew