Scale data were skewed for the first three scales (skewness statistic values were -1.082, -1.921 and -1.728 with a std. error of 0.172, respectively).
We note that all the variables are positively skewed for the Islamic countries, while only gross domestic saving (GDS) is negatively skewed for non-Islamic countries.
But prices can be skewed for good reasons.
Trimble said research on animals was skewed for more reasons than the appeal of charismatic species.
It's true that my Southern poker games skewed for years my ability to find casinos fun.
In "Albert," a book skewed for slightly older children, Donna Jo Napoli gives us an altogether different kind of protagonist.
Could then all surveys be somehow skewed, for example in favour of the BJP and against Congress?
Those population dynamics were surprisingly skewed for the 2004-5 season, when the researchers carried out their work.
They try to review everything -- more than 200 games a year, he said -- "but we sometimes let a few of the kids' games slip by, since they're not really skewed for our readers".
There are also single events that throw off the airlines: statistics, for instance, will be skewed for October by Hurricane Sandy, which shut down air travel through much of the East Coast and caused more than 19,000 flight cancellations.
The numbers comScore and NPD use in their statistically small surveys are likely skewed for a number of reasons.
