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Bowley Skewness

The Bowley skewness, also known as quartile skewness coefficient, is defied by

((Q_3-Q_2)-(Q_2-Q_1))/(Q_3-Q_1)=(Q_1-2Q_2+Q_3)/(Q_3-Q_1),

where the Qs denote the interquartile ranges. It is implemented in the Wolfram Language as QuartileSkewness[data].

See also

Interquartile Range, Pearson Mode Skewness, Pearson's Skewness Coefficients, Skewness

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References

Kenney, J. F. and Keeping, E. S. Mathematics of Statistics, Pt. 1, 3rd ed. Princeton, NJ: Van Nostrand, p. 102, 1962.

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Bowley Skewness

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Bowley Skewness." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/BowleySkewness.html

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