Skewness and asymmetry: Measures and orderings

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DOI10.1214/aos/1176350046zbMath0604.62011OpenAlexW2021447134MaRDI QIDQ1083140

H. L. MacGillivray

Publication date: 1986

Published in: The Annals of Statistics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/aos/1176350046



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