Necessity of Use and Cognition Sense of Moments of Higher Rank (Asymmetry and Excess Coefficients)

Todor Kaloianov
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Todor Kaloianov: University of National and World Economy, Sofia, Bulgaria

Economic Alternatives, 2010, issue 1, 69-82

Abstract: The article explains the necessity to use moments of higher rank – third and fourth. The cognitive sense of parameters of the statistical distribution, constructed on their basis – coefficients of asymmetry and excess, as well as those which are based on the positional means is discussed.

Keywords: moments; distributions; asymmetry; excess (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C10 C16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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