0 to cause something to be not straight or exact; to twist or distort:
These last-minute changes have skewed the company's results.
1 not straight
2 to cause information or results to be changed:
3 to cause results, figures, profits, etc. to seem higher or lower than they really are:
Independent researchers have concluded that the study was poorly designed and that its inclusion in the report could skew results.
The average property price is skewed by strong activity at the upper end of the market.
skew sth toward(s) sth The FTSE 100 index is skewed towards large oil shares, banks and other multinationals.
Such predominance of women in this sector means that, in effect, paid formal care is far more gender skewed than unpaid informal care.
Similarly, if the distributions of the variables were skewed, the variables were excluded from the analysis.
Nevertheless, the frequency polygons of the timing measures have shown that the distributions of these measures are not skewed.
Not only that ; its membership was also heavily skewed, for much of the time, in particular directions.
American employers did not eliminate the union shop, but they skewed its dominion.
94 responsive to a skewed group of orientations.
The pelican not only retained the hybrid system, it skewed it in favour of the motorist.
Figure 2 shows that the distribution is skewed to the right.