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QuartileSkewness

QuartileSkewness[list]
gives the coefficient of quartile skewness for the elements in list.

A positive value of quartile skewness indicates the median is closer to the lower quartile than the upper quartile .

A negative value of quartile skewness indicates the median is closer to the upper quartile.

Quartile skewness for a list of exact numbers:

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