Re: Q: Skew and Kurtosis of Normal Distribution

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1 total messages Started by Dennis Pedrick Fri, 23 Jul 1993 07:07

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Author: Dennis Pedrick
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1993 07:07

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In regard to skewness and kurtosis in a normal distribution:

Hair, Anderson, Tatham and Black (1992), _Multivariate Data Analysis_,
        Macmillan, describe the following test for computing a one-tail
        z-score for skewness:

        z = skewness/sqrt(6/N)

        "If the calcuated value exceeds a critical value, then the distribution
        is non-normal (p. 43).

Best regards,

Dennis Pedrick
PEDRICKD@MSUVX1.MEMST.EDU

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