C2verbformalscienceacademic
US/skjuː/
UK/skjuː/
to change or affect information so that it is no longer accurate or fair
In context
A few very rich people can skew the average income of a whole district.
Because only young people answered, the survey results were skewed.
Critics say the AI was trained on data that skews towards Western users.
Words that go with skew
verb + noun
- skew the resultsOne broken sensor can skew the results of the whole experiment.
- skew the dataMissing values may skew the data.
adverb + adjective
- heavily skewedThe sample was heavily skewed towards city dwellers.
verb + preposition
- skew towardsThe app's users skew towards people under thirty.
adjective + noun
- skewed distributionIncome in the city has a skewed distribution, with a few very high earners.