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: --
skew sth toward(s) sth The FTSE 100 index is skewed towards large oil shares, banks and other multinationals.
The average property price is skewed by strong activity at the upper end of the market.
Independent researchers have concluded that the study was poorly designed and that its inclusion in the report could skew results.
Although observers used the full 5-point scale, ratings were positively skewed (as evidenced by the low mean score).
Because the distributions were highly skewed to the right, scores on these tasks were transformed by calculating the logarithm.
I feel in a way it has all been skewed to be an argument or a justification for rock.
To a large extent the history has been skewed, in a way.
The lack of writing skills among women necessarily skews their social representativeness.
Where data were skewed, corresponding nonparametric tests were used to confirm the results.
First, the survey is based on telephone-derived data and may be skewed if those who did not participate were less likely to recognize symptoms.
Figure 2 shows that the distribution is skewed to the right.
