Skewness:asymptotic critical values for a test related to Pearson's measure
- 1 January 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Journal of Applied Statistics
- Vol. 19 (4) , 479-487
- https://doi.org/10.1080/02664769200000043
Abstract
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.eabs:Keywords
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