Re: Q: Skew and Kurtosis of Normal Distribution

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1 total messages Started by K C Lun Fri, 23 Jul 1993 08:13

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Author: K C Lun
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 08:13

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When the coefficient for skewness is 0, you have a symmetric distribution.
Coefficient <0 gives you a left-tail skew and >0 will give a right-tail
skew.

A coefficient of kurtosis of <3 will give a platykurtic distribution
(i.e. flattened) whereas a coefficient > 3 will give a leptokurtic
distribution (i.e. peaked).  A coefficient of 3 will correspond
to a normal curve.


K C Lun
Div. of Biostats. & Health Informatics
Dept. of Community Medicine                Internet: coflunkc@leonis.nus.sg
National University of Singapore           Bitnet:   coflunkc@nusvm

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