Means and measures of spread can describe the distribution of data but are not sufficient to describe the nature of the distribution. To be able to describe the characteristics of a data distribution, we use other concepts known as skewness and kurtosis.
Calculation Example
Here are the calculation steps manually using Microsoft Excel. You can download the Original File in Excel Format (xlsx). Right-click on the embed document to bring up the download menu or view the Download Toolbar located below the document. The discussion of other dispersion measures can be studied here: Measures of Dispersion
