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Skewness

Term · Oil and gas · MLC-T-OAG-003434

A statistical measure describing the asymmetry of a probability distribution for a set of data. It indicates whether the data points are concentrated more to one side of the mean than the other. A positive skewness value means the tail of the distribution extends to the right, while a negative value indicates a tail extending to the left.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-OAG-003434
FieldOil and gas
SubjectReservoir Characterization
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-OAG-003434",
  "term": "Skewness",
  "field": "Oil and gas",
  "definition": "A statistical measure describing the asymmetry of a probability distribution for a set of data. It indicates whether the data points are concentrated more to one side of the mean than the other. A positive skewness value means the tail of the distribution extends to the right, while a negative value indicates a tail extending to the left.",
  "subject": "Reservoir Characterization",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oil-and-gas/skewness/"
}

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