Re: significance of skewness

From: glenbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: 29 May 2005 09:23:49 -0700

a.h.vankampen@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> a number for the skewness of a
> distribution (0 if the distribution is symmetrical).

A distribution may be symmetrical and yet fail to have a third central
moment of zero.

Conversely, a distribution may have a third central moment of zero and
yet not be symmetrical.

Glen

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