On functional measures of skewness

Renata Dziubińska; Dominik Szynal

Applicationes Mathematicae (1996)

  • Volume: 23, Issue: 4, page 395-403
  • ISSN: 1233-7234

Abstract

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We introduce a concept of functional measures of skewness which can be used in a wider context than some classical measures of asymmetry. The Hotelling and Solomons theorem is generalized.

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Dziubińska, Renata, and Szynal, Dominik. "On functional measures of skewness." Applicationes Mathematicae 23.4 (1996): 395-403. <http://eudml.org/doc/219141>.

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References

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  1. [1] H. Hotelling and L. M. Solomons, The limits of a measure of skewness, Ann. Math. Statist. 3 (1932), 141-142. Zbl58.1165.02
  2. [2] C. A. O'Cinneide, The mean is within one standard deviation of any median, Amer. Statist. 44 (1990), 292-293. 
  3. [3] I. Olkin, A matrix formulation on how deviant an observation can be, ibid. 46 (1992), 205-209. 

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