Skewness is a measure of
A) how fat the tails of a distribution are.
B) the downside risk of a distribution.
C) the symmetry of a distribution.
D) the dividend yield of the distribution.
E) None of the options are correct.

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Skewness is a measure of the symmetry, or lack thereof, of a distribution. A distribution is symmetric if it looks the same to the left and right of the center point. Skewness quantifies how much the distribution leans to one side.

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