Asymmetry and gradient asymmetry functions: Density-based skewness and kurtosis

Scandinavian Journal of Statistics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 415-437

  Critchley, Frank ^b   Jones, M C ^a,b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Educational Technology

Author keywords

Density derivative; Density inverse; Kernel estimation; Khintchine's theorem; Mode; Unimodal distribution

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249094373     PISSN: 03036898     EISSN: 14679469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9469.2008.00599.x     Document Type: Article

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