In the graph below, you can see the relative positions of the mean, median, and mode depending on the direction of the skewness. By observing just the descriptive statistics of each, you will be ...

You can use Hougaard's measure of skewness, g 1i, to assess whether a parameter is close to linear or whether it contains considerable nonlinearity. Specify the HOUGAARD option in the PROC NLIN ...

By introducing adjustments for skewness and kurtosis ... the normal distribution is a key tool in probability and statistics. It can be described as a distribution that obeys a universal rule ...