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# pandas.Series.skew

Series.skew(*, axis=0, skipna=True, numeric_only=False, **kwargs)

  Return unbiased skew over requested axis.

  Normalized by N-1.

  Parameters:
    axis{index (0)}

      This parameter is unused and defaults to 0.

    skipna bool, default True

      Exclude NA/null values when computing the result.

    numeric_only bool, default False

      Unused.

    **kwargs

      Additional keyword arguments have no effect but might be accepted for compatibility with NumPy. See NumPy compatibility kwargs for more.

  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