Further Results on a Class of Distributions which Includes the Normal Ones – Looking Back

Authors

  • Adelchi Azzalini Università di Padova

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1973-2201/10421

Keywords:

Skew-symmetric distributions, Subbotin distribution, Symmetry-modulated distributions

Abstract

The author’s 1986 paper with the same title is reprinted here alongside some comments and corrections. The original abstract, here translated in English, was as follows: "Some further results are presented concerning a class of density functions already examined in another work of the author (1985). Specifically, an additional shape parameter is introduced which allows a wide range of the coefficients of asymmetry and kurtosis."

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2020-10-01

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Azzalini, A. (2020). Further Results on a Class of Distributions which Includes the Normal Ones – Looking Back. Statistica, 80(2), 161–175. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1973-2201/10421

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Vol. 80 No. 2 (2020): The Skew-Normal and Related Distributions

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