Which of the following characteristics can be used to describe the skewness of a distribution?
A)The mean
B)Kurtosis
C)The median
D)The standard deviation

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Kurtosis is a measure of the "tailedness" of the probability distribution of a real-valued random variable, which can indirectly describe the skewness by indicating how outlier-prone a distribution is, but skewness itself directly measures asymmetry of the distribution around its mean. The mean, median, and standard deviation do not directly describe skewness.

Which of the Following Characteristics Can Be Used to Describe