skew function

Skewness

Function to calculate an estimate of the coefficient of skewness from a set of data.

skew(x)

Arguments

• x: A vector of numeric values.

Returns

The coefficient of skewness.

Examples

x<-evapotranspiration$`ET(mm)`
skew(x)

Author(s)

Richard Murray Lark murray.lark@nottingham.ac.uk