Using both the skew and kurtosis statistics and histograms,determine if there is a significant skew and/or kurtosis for thevariables that are appropriate for this analysis. Are theynegatively or positively skewed? Justify your answers.
DescriptiveStatistics |
| N | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | Std. Deviation | Skewness | Kurtosis |
Statistic | Statistic | Statistic | Statistic | Statistic | Statistic | Std. Error | Statistic | Std. Error |
Sex | 101 | 1 | 4 | 1.55 | .591 | .822 | .240 | 1.347 | .476 |
Age | 101 | 24 | 64 | 41.92 | 7.951 | .081 | .240 | -.240 | .476 |
YearsSick | 101 | 2 | 35 | 16.64 | 7.641 | .277 | .240 | -.432 | .476 |
Marital Status | 100 | 1 | 8 | 1.49 | 1.020 | 3.321 | .241 | 16.174 | .478 |
Valid N (listwise) | 100 | | | | | | | | |