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What the syllabus expects

  • Meaning, objective and measurement
  • Karl Pearson's method
  • Bowley's method

Skewness

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — First Year

Subject: Business Statistics (MGT 202)

Unit 5: Skewness, Kurtosis and Moments

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

  • Explain the scope and key elements of skewness.
  • Select suitable statistical procedures, carry out calculations and interpret business results.

Curriculum Scope

  • Meaning, objective and measurement
  • Karl Pearson's method
  • Bowley's method

Detailed Microsyllabus

  1. Skewness foundations

    1. Symmetry and positive or negative skewness.
    2. Purpose of describing distributional asymmetry.
    3. Relationships among mean, median and mode.

  2. Measures of skewness

    1. Pearson's measures using the relevant average and dispersion.
    2. Bowley's quartile-based coefficient.
    3. Calculate and interpret sign, magnitude and method limitations.

Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, BBS curriculum with first-year syllabus, PDF pages 14-16.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit lecture hours apply to the whole unit; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here.