In the Evaluation of How Well Data Fit a Normal

question 7

Multiple Choice

In the evaluation of how well data fit a normal distribution, ______ serves as a measure of how steep or flat the distribution is when compared to a true normal distribution.______ serves as a measure of the asymmetry of the data distribution.For data that reasonably follow a Gaussian distribution, skewness and kurtosis coefficients should be between ___ ___.

• A)skewness, kurtosis, 0 and 1
• B)skewness, kurtosis, -1 and 1
• C)kurtosis, skewness, 0 and 1
• D)kurtosis, skewness, -1 and 1

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