Skewedness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being skewed. uncountable

    "However, among the Bidayuh indigenous population of Sarawak (East Malaysia), NPC incidence rates are the highest when compared to other cancers and this is an example of a regional hotspot that adds to the skewedness of this disease."

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heteroscedasticity

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"However, among the Bidayuh indigenous population of Sarawak (East Malaysia), NPC incidence rates are the highest when compared to other cancers and this is an example of a regional hotspot that adds to the skewedness of this disease."

Etymology

From skewed + -ness.

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