[R] Coefficient of skewness

2008-09-04 Thread Williams, Robin
Hi, Is there a function in R to calculate the coefficient of skewness of some data? I had expected there to be one, but can find no information about it. Thanks for any pointers. Robin Williams Met Office summer intern - Health Forecasting [EMAIL PROTECTED] [[alternative HTML

Re: [R] Coefficient of skewness

2008-09-04 Thread ONKELINX, Thierry
be extracted from a given body of data. ~ John Tukey -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Namens Williams, Robin Verzonden: donderdag 4 september 2008 9:55 Aan: r-help@r-project.org Onderwerp: [R] Coefficient of skewness Hi, Is there a function in R

Re: [R] Coefficient of skewness

2008-09-04 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
It exists in many packages: e1071 was one of the earliest. Other packages include GLDEX, HyperbolicDist, QuantPsyc, TSA, agricolae, fUtilities, modeest, moments, npde, s20x It is also a common exercise in basic R programming courses. On Thu, 4 Sep 2008, Williams, Robin wrote: Hi, Is there