Re: Standards for "Skewness"

[Robert Dawson]

Ronald B. Livingston asked:

>Are there "standards" for describing the skew of a distribution?  For
>example, 0 to 1 = mild; 1 - 2 = moderate, etc.  I am aware of tests of
>significance for skew, but with large samples practically any skew is
>significant. Any references would be appreciated.

    One possibility would be to see what transformation (if any) would
symmetrize the distribution (or remove its skewness, anyhow).  This is not
quite what you asked for, but might have advantages.

    -Robert Dawson