DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : A.KRISHNA KUMAR
Designation : Sr. Lecturer

Branch : Commercial & Computer

Practice
Institute : GPW ,Suryapet, Nalgonda dist.
Year/Semester : IInd year / III Semester
Subject : Quantitative Techniques-1
Subject Code : CCP-303
Topic : Skewness
Duration : 50 min.
Sub Topic : Karl Pearson's Skewness
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Teaching Aids : PPT.
Objectives:

On the completion of this period, you would be

able to
 Calculate Karl Pearson`s Skewness

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Recap
 Skewed distribution
 Measure of Skewed distribution

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Formula
 Absolute Skewness = Mean-Mode
 Karl Pearson`s coefficient of Skewness or Relative
measure of Skewness or Coefficent of Skewness
j = Arithmetic mean –
Mode
a z &
&
x&
SD(or)zσ
S kp or
=
 

Where Skp = Karl Pearson`s Coefficient of

Skewness
AM or X = Mean
z = Mode
σ = Standard deviation
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Formula

In case the Mode is ill-defined then:

3(Mean – Median)
SD (or) σ

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Example:1
Calculate Karl Pearson`s co-efficient of Skewness on
the basis of Mean, Mode and SD

Size 14.5 15.5 16.5 17.5 18.5 19.5 20.5 21.5

f 35 40 11 21 35 30 22 11

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Solution to Ex.1

Calculation of co-efficient of Skewess

size (X) f D=(X-A) fd fd fd2

14.5 35 -3 -105 -15 45
15.5 40 -2 -80 -12 24
16.5 11 -1 -48 -11 11
17.5 21 0 0 0 0
18.5 35 +1 +125 +35 35
19.5 30 +2 +174 +60 120
20.5 22 +3 +129 +66 198
21.5 11 +4 +88 +44 176
N=500 ∑fd=283 ∑fd2=1735

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Solution contd

&
&
x& A
 fd
N,

A  17.5,  fd  283, N  500

283
&
&
x& 17.5  ,17.5  0.566  18.066
500
 
2
fd 2  fd 
   

N  N 
2
1735  283 
  
500  500 
 3.47  0.32
 3.15
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 1.775
Solution Contd
By inspection it is clear that Mode is 18.5
Karl Pearson’s Coefficient of
Skewness = Mean - Mode
Standard deviation

j = X - Z
σ
= 18.066 – 18.5
1.775
= - 0.245

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Example 2
Calculate the co-efficient of Skewness based on AM,
Median and SD from the following data.

variable Frequency
100-110 4
110-120 16
120-130 36
130-140 52
140-150 64
150-160 40
160-170 32
170-180 11

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Solution to Ex.2
Calculation of Skewness

Variable f m Mp-A d/10d Fdx’ dx2 fdx2 C.f.

A=135 x
d
100 – 110 4 105 -30 -3 -12 9 36 4
110 – 120 16 115 -20 -2 -32 4 64 20
120 -130 36 125 - 10 -1 -36 1 36 56
130 -140 52 135 0 0 0 0 0 108
140 - 150 64 145 +10 +1 +64 1 64 172
150 – 160 40 155 +20 +2 +80 4 160 212
160 - 170 32 165 +30 +3 +96 9 288 244
170 - 180 11 175 +40 +4 +44 16 176 255

N= ∑fdx’= ∑fdx2’=
255 204 824
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Solution Contd

X = A + ∑fdx’ x C = A= 135, ∑fdx’=204, N=255,

N C=10
= 135 + 204 x 10
255
= 135 + 8 = 143; A.M. = 143

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Solution Contd
2


 fdx 2

 
  fdx 
N N  xC

 
2
824  204 
   xC
255  255 
 3.231  0.64 x10
 2.591x10
 1.61x10
 16.1
 fdx  204
 fdx 2  824
N  25C  10 CCP303.74 13
Solution Contd

Median = Size of N/2th item

= Size of 255/2th item
= size of 127.5 th item

Median = L1 + N/2 – C.f. X C

f
L1 = 140, N/2 = 127.5, f = 64, C.f = 108, i = 10

= 140 + 127.5 – 108 X 10 = 140 + 195/64

64
= 140 + 3.05 = 143.05
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 Solution Contd

3  Mean  Median 
Karlpearson`scoefficentofSkewness 
S tan darddeviation

A.M. = 143, Median = 143.05,

σ = 16.1

3 (143 – 143.05)
16.1
= - 0.15/16.1
= - 0.0093
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Summary
 Absolute Skewness = Mean-Mode

Mean - Mode
 Karl Pearson`s coefficient of Skewness= Standard deviation

 When Mode is ill defined Coefficent of

Skewness = 3(Mean - Median)
Standard deviation

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Quiz
1. Given Mean and Mode,which of the following is
needed to find out Karl Pearson`s Co-efficient of
Skewness
b) Co-efficient of variation
c) Standard Deviation
d) Median
e) None of the above

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Frequency Asked Questions
1.Find
the Measure of Skewness for the following
Mean:160
Mode:157
Standard deviation:40
(4Marks-Coo-Oct2005)
6.Karl pearson`s Skewness is0.42,A.M=86 and
Medium=80,Calculate Standard deviation and
Coefficient of Variation
(4Marks-Coo-Oct2006)
8.The Coefficient of Skewness Mode, Mean of a
distribution are 0.52,19.4 respectively .
calculate sd
CCP303.74 (4Marks-Coo- 18

Oct2007)
Assignment
1. Calculate Karl Pearson’s co-efficient of
Skewness for the following data

Size Frequency
20 8
30 12
40 20
50 10
60 6
70 4

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Assignment

2. Calculate Karl Pearson’s co-efficient of

Skewness for the following data

Size Frequency
11 2
12 4
13 10
14 8
15 5
16 1

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 Assignment

3. Calculate Karl Pearson’s coefficient of

Skewness for the following data

Age Frequency
20 - 25 50
25 - 30 70
30 – 35 80
35 - 40 180
40 - 45 150
45 - 50 120
50 - 55 70
55 - 60 CCP303.74
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