The SKEW.P function calculates the skewness of a dataset that represents the entire population. Skewness describes the symmetry of that dataset about the mean.
Parts of a SKEW.P function
SKEW.P(value1, value2)
| Part | Description |
value1 |
The first value or range of the dataset. |
value2 |
Additional values or ranges to include in the dataset. |
Notes
- Although
SKEW.Pis specified as taking a maximum of 30 arguments, Google Sheets supports an arbitrary number of arguments for this function. - If the total number of values supplied as
valuearguments is not at least two,SKEW.Pwill return the#DIV/0!error. - Any text encountered in the
valuearguments will be ignored. - Positive skewness indicates a longer tail extending in the positive direction, to the right of the mean, while negative skewness indicates a longer tail in the negative direction, to the left. Skewness nearer to zero indicates more symmetrical distributions.
Examples
| A | B | |
| 1 | value | |
| 2 | 2 | |
| 3 | 5 | |
| 4 | 8 | |
| 5 | 13 | |
| 6 | 10 | |
| 7 | 18 | |
| 8 | 23 | |
| 9 | 26 | |
| 10 | ||
| 11 | ||
| 12 | Result | Formula |
| 13 | 0.2763070768 | =SKEW.P(A2:A9) |
| 14 | 0.4621754338 | =SKEW.P(A2:A9, 30, 40) |
Related functions
- SKEW: Calculates the skewness of a dataset, which describes the symmetry of that dataset about the mean.
- VARPA: Calculates the variance based on an entire population, setting text to the value `0`.
- VARP: Calculates the variance based on an entire population.
- VARA: Calculates the variance based on a sample, setting text to the value `0`.
- VAR: Calculates the variance based on a sample.
- STDEVPA: Calculates the standard deviation based on an entire population, setting text to the value `0`.
- STDEVP: Calculates the standard deviation based on an entire population.
- KURT: Calculates the kurtosis of a dataset, which describes the shape, and in particular the "peakedness" of that dataset.
- DVARP: Returns the variance of an entire population selected from a database table-like array or range using a SQL-like query.
- DVAR: Returns the variance of a population sample selected from a database table-like array or range using a SQL-like query.
- DSTDEVP: Returns the standard deviation of an entire population selected from a database table-like array or range using a SQL-like query.
- DSTDEV: Returns the standard deviation of a population sample selected from a database table-like array or range using a SQL-like query.
- DEVSQ: Calculates the sum of squares of deviations based on a sample.
- AVEDEV: Calculates the average of the magnitudes of deviations of data from a dataset's mean.