Measures of multivariate skewness and kurtosis with applications

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DOI10.1093/biomet/57.3.519zbMath0214.46302OpenAlexW2000031724WikidataQ28842803 ScholiaQ28842803MaRDI QIDQ5617412

Kanti V. Mardia

Publication date: 1970

Published in: Biometrika (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/biomet/57.3.519



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