Sentences with phrase «positively skewed»

Square root and logarithmic transformations were used for all variables that were positively skewed.

Because both parents» internalizing problems were positively skewed, logarithmic (log10) transformations of scores were used to approach normal distributions (Tabachnick and Fidell 2012).

Although the continuous media variable was positively skewed, we determined that parametric methods could be used given the high number of participants in this analysis.25

Although the primary trend in the new - born crypto market is expansion, which is translated in a positively skewed market, the downside risks prevail.

Given the huge upside price potential of a Bitcoin ETF approval and limited downside as the price of bitcoin has been stabilizing, it is not surprising that more traders are buying bitcoin and, thereby, pushing up the price as bitcoin's current risk / return ratio is positively skewed toward the upside.

The important point is this: in the case of a positively skewed distribution, the back - transformed mean will always be less than the simple mean of the same data set.

Studies of cat predation routinely reveal a positively skewed distribution; a few cats are responsible for many kills, while many of the cats kill few, if any, prey.

Conversely, for a positively skewed return distribution such as that of a managed futures strategy, the Sharpe ratio can be increased by removing the largest positive months.

However, LIV's focus on property & high - yielding and / or discounted debt, enhanced by leverage, means its P&L is v positively skewed vs. the avg.

Thus, the old index gave a somewhat positively skewed picture of the underlying securities» performance.

Effectively, covered call writers are selling options that are positively skewed «lottery» securities to market speculators.

Call options are often purchased by speculators to lever up their bet and to provide a very positively skewed payoff.

Indeed, commodity prices and volatility often go hand in hand with each other, particularly during periods of supply shortage, when both will spike upwards; this is why the distribution of commodity returns tends to be positively skewed.

(Full disclosure: I know well, and have the utmost respect for, my Education Northwest colleagues who work on NW RISE, so my views of their work are positively skewed.)

Close inspection of the data revealed that several variables (age, the time online variables, total number of responses to ads participants had posted, and number of ads to which participants had responded) were substantially positively skewed even after removal of outliers.

For the continuous variable, the distribution of CRP concentrations was examined and found to be highly positively skewed; therefore, the natural log transformation of CRP was used.

Direct word of mouth about medical treatments, as well as glowing testimonials about health products in advertisements, also traffic in positively skewed information.

The results for the few food group intakes that were dichotomized before the heritability analysis, such as for infant formula milk and fruit juice, should not be overinterpreted because there are several indications that they might be an artifact: small numbers of pairs with at least one consumer for formula milk (15 %) and other beverages (13 %) made their distributions extremely positively skewed, and the reduced variation in the data due to dichotomizing these variables compromises power and accuracy of the parameters, therefore limiting interpretation.

Subjective and positively skewed ratings are the price that investors pay for all that data.

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