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What are the main objectives of studying skewness ?
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Answer
- The main objectives of studying skewness are as follows :
- To get complete information of the data with respect to the direction. shape and form of the frequency curve of the frequency distribution.
- To obtain more information about the Population by studying the symmetry of the frequency curve.
- To study whether the frequency of observation at equidistant on both sides of mode is evenly distributed or not.
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