Maxima Function
skewness (list)
skewness(matrix)
The skewness coefficient, defined as
n ==== 1 \ _ 3 ---- > (x - x) 3 / i n s ==== i = 1
(%i1) load (descriptive)$ (%i2) load (numericalio)$ (%i3) s1 : read_list (file_search ("pidigits.data"))$ (%i4) skewness (s1), numer; (%o4) .009196180476450306 (%i5) s2 : read_matrix (file_search ("wind.data"))$ (%i6) skewness (s2); (%o6) [.1580509020000979, .2926379232061854, .09242174416107717, .2059984348148687, .2142520248890832]