Skewness – Floor & Ceiling Effects

In this video I explain how skewness in a sample may be caused by a floor or a ceiling effect, in which the measurement isn’t able to capture variability at the low or high end of a population’s distribution. A … Read More

Skewness – Positive & Negative Skew

In this video I explain one way in which a distribution can deviate from normality, which is skewness. I explain the difference between positive and negative skew, and how these can be seen in histograms, stem and leaf displays, and … Read More