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Re: st: Output from SKTEST
From
David Hoaglin <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Output from SKTEST
Date
Sat, 31 Mar 2012 17:03:36 -0400
Hi, Sandy.
Before you use tests based on sample skewness and kurtosis, it would
be a good idea to look at a normal probability plot for each of the
variables. A histogram may also be useful, but it is not sufficient,
because it will not show you enough about the tails. You should look
for outliers, as well as evidence of multimodality.
David Hoaglin
On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Sandy Y. Zhu <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everyone:
>
> I'm having some trouble interpreting the output of Skewness/Kurtosis
> test, can you tell me if the variables that I tested, rsize and
> avg_cpi, are normally distributed?
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