On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 15:09:23 GMT, "Joe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ snip ] > Couldn't you read my mind? Sorry for the confusion but what I should have > written is: > > (3*mean - median)/std. dev.
Awfully careless of you, once again. Three times the mean? > [ ... ] > > So thanks for the discussion, but it sounds like I could create a skewness > formula sqrt(mean^2-median^2)/stnd. dev - call it Joe's formula for > skewness, and get it published somewhere - even if its only on google. > Well, each of the several that exist do make sense, which your wise crack does not, and each one in use has some virtue, such as ease of computation or intelligibility. Joe, I bet you didn't know that if someone wants some sort of "mean", that could refer to 3 or 5 different things. -- Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
