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A comparison between two simple measures of skewness

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In 1995, Arnold and Groeneveld introduced the measure of skewness gammaM in terms of F(mode)-the cumulative probability of a random variable less than or equal to the mode of the distribution. They assumed that the mode of a distribution exists and is unique. Independently, in 1996, the present author arrived at the measure of skewness T, which is given in terms of F(mean). This measure possesses desirable properties and is equally simple. The measure gammaM satisfies - 1 gammaM 1 , with 1 (- 1) indicating extreme right (left) skewness. However, the measure T can take on any value on the real line; hence, an equivalent measure gammaT is considered and is compared with gammaM. We consider a variety of families of distributions and include in our study other measures of skewness of interest. Skewness values are easily obtained using MINITAB programs.

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  • I. H. Tajuddin, 1999. "A comparison between two simple measures of skewness," Journal of Applied Statistics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(6), pages 767-774.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:japsta:v:26:y:1999:i:6:p:767-774
    DOI: 10.1080/02664769922205
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