Skewness: Asymptotic critical values for a test related to Pearson’s measure

Indrani Basak; William R. Balch; Prasanta Basak

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Skewness: Asymptotic critical values for a test related to Pearson’s measure

Indrani Basak, William R. Balch, Prasanta Basak

Division of Mathematics & Natural Sciences (Altoona)

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We examine the asymptotic distribution of, and give critical values for, a test related to Pearson’s measure of skewness. The test detects the asymmetry of a continuous distribution about a specified median. Two sets of data are tested using our method.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	479-487
Number of pages	9
Journal	Journal of Applied Statistics
Volume	19
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02664769200000043
State	Published - Jan 1 1992

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Statistics and Probability
Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty

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