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# scipy.stats.skewtest

`scipy.stats.``skewtest`(a, axis=0)

  Tests whether the skew is different from the normal distribution.

  This function tests the null hypothesis that the skewness of the population that the sample was drawn from is the same as that of a corresponding normal distribution.

  Parameters : | a : array axis : int or None
  Returns : | z-score : float The computed z-score for this test. p-value : float a 2-sided p-value for the hypothesis test

  Notes

  The sample size should be at least 8.

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