As shown in the left figure, the data is stacked on the left and tailed on the right. Its tail is pointed to the positive end of the X-axis, and here came the name positive skewed distribution. It has a higher mean than median.
As shown in the figure on the right, if the data is stacked on the right and the tail is on the left, the distribution is so called negatively skewed. It has a lower mean than median.
The skewed distribution reflects the asymmetry of the data. So some special methods should adopted when processing, such as logarithmic transformation, Box-Cox transformation, etc.
Definition:There are two distinct peaks or high-frequency regions in the data distribution, which means the number of times is concentrated in two fractions, resulting in two raised peaks in the distribution curve.
矩形分布
rectangle distribution
定义:一个分布中所有值都是相同频次
Definition: All values in a distribution are of the same frequency.