# NTCHISKEW

Returns skewness of a specified chi distribution.

## Syntax

NTCHISKEW(

• N

)

#### Parameters

• N is a parameter of the distribution $N$ (Positive integer).

## Remarks

The skewness of the distribution is given as:

$\frac{\mu(3)-3\mu(2)\mu(1)+2\mu^3(1)}{\sigma^3}$
$\mu(r)=\frac{2^{\frac{r}{2}}\Gamma\left(\frac{N+r}{2}\right)}{\Gamma\left(\frac{N}{2}\right)}$

, where $\sigma$ is standard deviation and $\Gamma(\cdot)$ is gamma function.

## Example

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Formula Description (Result)
=NTCHISKEW(A2) Skewness of the distribution for the terms above