Dennis Roberts wrote:
unless you had a table comparable to the z table for area under the normal
distribution ... for EACH different level of skewness ... an exact answer
is not possible in a way that would be explainable
Even if you specify level of skewness, an exact answer is still not
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Glen Barnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dennis Roberts wrote:
unless you had a table comparable to the z table for area under the normal
distribution ... for EACH different level of skewness ... an exact answer
is not possible in a way that would be explainable
A student wants to know how one can calculate the
area under the curve for skewed distributions. Can someone give me an
answer about when a distribution is too skewed to use the z table?
Melady
Melady Preece wrote:
A student wants to know how one can calculate the area under the curve
for skewed distributions. Can someone give me an answer about when a
distribution is too skewed to use the z table?
You can only use the z table directly to find the area under a curve
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At 07:27 AM 1/30/02 -0800, Melady Preece wrote:
A student wants to know how one can calculate the area under the curve for
skewed distributions. Can someone give me an answer about when a
distribution is too skewed to use the z table?
Melady
On 30 Jan 2002 08:02:51 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Melady Preece)
wrote:
A student wants to know how one can calculate the area under the
curve for skewed distributions. Can someone give me an answer about
when a distribution is too skewed to use the z table?
It would be convenient
, then
but you didn't say that.
Jay
Melady Preece wrote:
A
student wants to know how one can calculate the area under the curve for
skewed distributions. Can someone give me an answer about when a
distribution is too skewed to use the z table?Melady
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Jay Warner
Principal Scientist
Warner Consulting, Inc
