Eric Bohlman wrote: > Adult human weight would be slightly left-skewed, because the physiological > lower limits are closer than the physiological upper limits to the mean. > > Measures of conformity to cultural norms tend to give skewed distributions > when applied to members of the culture, and would be left-skewed in "more > is better" cases. For example, frequency of bathing per week would > probably be left-skewed for Americans. > > Time elapsed since hospitalization would be left-skewed for currently- > hospitalized SARS patients in places like Hong Kong or Singapore where the > outbreak is nearly over, but not in places like Taiwan or Toronto.
Nice examples. Here's one more: Time elapsed before leaving exam hall. (Guess what I've hust been doing). (Left skewed with a slight blip close to zero and a peak at the end IMO). Thom . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
