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Investigating the Investigative Task: Testing for Skewness

  • Tabor J
Journal of Statistics Education (2010) 18(2) 145
DOI: 10.1080/10691898.2010.11889493
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On the 2009 AP © Statistics Exam, students were asked to create a statistic to measure skewness in a distribution. This paper explores several of the most popular student responses and evaluates which statistic performs best when sampling from various skewed populations.

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Tabor, J. (2010). Investigating the Investigative Task: Testing for Skewness. Journal of Statistics Education, 18(2), 145. https://doi.org/10.1080/10691898.2010.11889493

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