Definition:Bowley Skewness/Also presented as

Bowley Skewness: Also known as

The Bowley skewness is also presented in the following forms:

$\dfrac {\paren {Q_3 - Q_2} - \paren {Q_2 - Q_1} } {Q_3 - Q_1}$

$\dfrac {Q_3 - 2 M + Q_1} {Q_3 - Q_1}$

where $M$ denotes the median.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): skewness
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): skewness

• Weisstein, Eric W. "Skewness." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Skewness.html
• Weisstein, Eric W. "Bowley Skewness." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/BowleySkewness.html