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Article #1188Skewness and Kurtosis - SAS
From: Wild, Deanna K.
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 18:46
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 18:46
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Just to add the SAS perspective to the discussion on skewness and kurtosis... In its PROC UNIVARIATE, SAS 'standardizes' its measure of S and K by having BOTH equal zero if the data truly follows a normal distribution. -Deanna- *-----------------------------------------------------------------* Deanna Wild Statistician National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 4676 Columbia Parkway MS: R-4 Cincinnati, Ohio 45226 INTERNET: DKW4@NIOSHE2.EM.CDC.GOV *-----------------------------------------------------------------*
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