Univariate and multivariate skewness and kurtosis for measuring nonnormality: Prevalence, influence and estimation

• Published in: Behavior research methods Vol. 49; no. 5; pp. 1716 - 1735
• Main Authors: Cain, Meghan K., Zhang, Zhiyong, Yuan, Ke-Hai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.10.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Behavioral Research - statistics & numerical data; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Cognitive Psychology; Data processing; Factor analysis; Humans; Kurtosis; Multivariate Analysis; Normal Distribution; Psychology; Research methodology; Skewness; Statistical analysis; Nonnormality; Kurtosis; Software; Skewness

Nonnormality of univariate data has been extensively examined previously (Blanca et al., Methodology: European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral and Social Sciences, 9 (2), 78–84, 2013 ; Miceeri, Psychological Bulletin, 105 (1), 156, 1989 ). However, less is known of the potential nonno...