duration

Methods

⌂ duration

Method Reference: duration.skewness

duration: y = skewness (D)
duration: y = skewness (D, flag)
duration: y = skewness (D, flag, dim)
duration: y = skewness (D, flag, vecdim)
duration: y = skewness (D, flag, 'all')

Compute the sample skewness of a duration array.

This method overloads the core skewness function for duration arrays. The functionality is identical to core skewness function. Type help skewness for more information.

Note that skewness is a dimensionless quantity Thus, the returned argument is a numeric array of double type and not a duration array.

Source Code: duration

Example: 1

skewness measures the asymmetry of the duration distribution. Being a shape statistic it is dimensionless, so it comes back as a plain number.

 d = hours ([1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 8])
d =
  1x6 duration array

    1 hr    1 hr    1 hr    2 hr    3 hr    8 hr
 skewness (d)
ans = 1.4771