Re: area under the curve

2002-01-31 Thread Glen Barnett
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

Re: area under the curve

2002-01-31 Thread Herman Rubin
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

area under the curve

2002-01-30 Thread Melady Preece
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

Re: area under the curve

2002-01-30 Thread Robert J. MacG. Dawson
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

Re: area under the curve

2002-01-30 Thread Dennis Roberts
-0.9946 8.0984-0.7127 0.3921 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

Re: area under the curve

2002-01-30 Thread Rich Ulrich
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

Re: area under the curve

2002-01-30 Thread Jay Warner
, 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 -- Jay Warner Principal Scientist Warner Consulting, Inc