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A Characterization of Deviation from Normality Under Certain Moment Assumptions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

W.R. McGillivray
Affiliation:
Regina, Saskatchewan
C.L. Kaller
Affiliation:
Regina, Saskatchewan
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If Fn is the distribution function of a distribution n with moments up to order n equal to those of the standard normal distribution, then from Kendall and Stuart [1, p.87],

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1966

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