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Skewness calculator

Sample skewness: whether the data leans left or right of the mean (Excel-consistent adjusted formula).

What this calculator does

Skewness works out sample skewness: whether the data leans left or right of the mean (Excel-consistent adjusted formula). Enter your own figures above and the answer updates as you type: nothing is fixed in the code, so the result reflects exactly the numbers you supply.

The formula this calculator evaluates is printed under the tool and explained below, so you can check the working by hand or reuse it in a spreadsheet.

The formula

Formulag₁ = [n / ((n−1)(n−2))] × Σ((xᵢ−x̄)/s)³ (sample standard deviation, needs n > 2)

The inputs explained

FieldWhat to enter
Data (comma or space separated)A list of numbers, separated by commas or spaces.