Dispersion vs. Skewness — What's the Difference?

The action or process of distributing things or people over a wide area

In probability theory and statistics, skewness is a measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable about its mean. The skewness value can be positive, zero, negative, or undefined.

The separation of white light into colours or of any radiation according to wavelength.

To turn or place at an angle

The extent to which values of a variable differ from a fixed value such as the mean.

To give a bias to; distort

The act or process of dispersing.

To take an oblique course or direction.

The state of being dispersed.

To look obliquely or sideways.

Dispersion The Diaspora of the Jews.

To display a statistical tendency toward

(Statistics) The degree of scatter of data, usually about an average value, such as the median.

Placed or turned to one side; asymmetric.

Separation of a complex wave into its component parts according to a given characteristic, such as frequency or wavelength.

Distorted or biased in meaning or effect.

Separation of visible light into colors by refraction or diffraction.

Having a part that diverges, as in gearing.

(Chemistry) See disperse system.

(Mathematics) Neither parallel nor intersecting. Used of straight lines in space.

The state of being dispersed; dispersedness.

(Statistics) Not symmetrical about the mean. Used of distributions.

A process of dispersing.

An oblique or slanting movement, position, or direction.

The degree of scatter of data.

The property of being skew.

(optics) The separation of visible light by refraction or diffraction.

(statistics) A measure of the asymmetry of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable; is the third standardized moment, defined as $\backslash scriptstyle\backslash gamma\_1\; =\; \backslash frac\{\backslash mu\_3\}\{\backslash sigma^3\},\; \backslash !$ where $\backslash mu\_3$ is the third moment about the mean and $\backslash sigma$ is the standard deviation.

(medicine) The removal of inflammation.

An oblique or slanting asymmetry

The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel.

The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.

Spreading widely or driving off

The spatial property of being scattered about over an area or volume

The act of dispersing or diffusing something;