Neuroticism 50- Counts 40 40 30 20 20 T 10- 0- T T 0 5 10 15 20 Neuroticism Openness 35- 30 Counts 25 - 20- 15- 10 T 10 5- T 0- - 0 - T T T 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 Openness Descriptive Statistics Skewness Statistics Below we have the skewness statistic and the Standard Error of Skewness. From the SPSS manual, here is the description of what the statistics mean: Skewness. A measure of the asymmetry of a distribution. The normal distribution is symmetric and has a skewness value of 0. A distribution with a significant positive skewness has a long right tail. A distribution with a significant negative skewness has a long left tail. As a guideline, a skewness value more than twice its standard error is taken to indicate a departure from symmetry. Standard Error of Skewness. The ratio of skewness to its standard error can be used as a test of normality (that is, you can reject normality if the ratio is less than-2 or greater than +2). A large positive value for skewness indicates a long right tail; an extreme negative value indicates a long left tail. The table below provides the descriptive statistics, skewness and standard error of skewness for our BP3332 and personality variables in our study. Descriptive Statistics BP3332_Total Score S-BPS_Total Score Extraversion Agreeableness Conscientiousness Neuroticism Openness Valid Missing 214 214 214 214 214 214 214 0 0 0 0 Median 50.000 24.000 12.000 17.000 0 14.000 0 13.000 0 16.000 Mean 50.556 25.710 11.505 16.682 13.944 12.939 15.463 Std. Deviation 17.058 10.463 4.007 2.733 3.320 3.202 2.669 Skewness 0.304 0.452 0.071 -1.057 -0.186 -0.138 -0.133 Std. Error of Skewness 0.166 0.166 0.166 0.166 0.166 0.166 0.166 Minimum 18.000 8.000 4.000 5.000 6.000 4.000 9.000 Maximum 93.000 52.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 20.000 BP3332 Total Score 50- 40 T T Counts 20 20 30 30 T 10- 0 20 40 60 BP3332 Total Score 80 60 100 Extraversion 50- Counts 40- 30 T 20- 10 0- - L T T T 5 10 15 20 20 Extraversion Conscientiousness 50- Counts 40 T 40 30- T 20 220 10 T -0 Agreeableness 70 60 50 40 T 30 20- 10 2852321 Counts 0- 0 T T 1 5 10 15 20 - T T T T T 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Conscientiousness Agreeableness 20 20