pandas.Series.skew#

Series.skew(*, axis=0, skipna=True, numeric_only=False, **kwargs)[source]#

Return unbiased skew over requested axis.

Normalized by N-1.

Parameters:
axis{index (0)}

This parameter is unused and defaults to 0.

skipnabool, default True

Exclude NA/null values when computing the result.

numeric_onlybool, default False

Unused.

**kwargs

Additional keyword arguments to be passed to the function.

Returns:
scalar

Unbiased skew of the Series.

See also

Series.var

Return unbiased variance over requested axis.

Series.std

Return unbiased standard deviation over requested axis.

Examples

>>> s = pd.Series([1, 2, 3])
>>> s.skew()
0.0