L-Moment

A type of statistic which can be useful for determining asymmetry and tailedness of a population.

See also

Moment, Order Statistic

References

Hosking, J. R. M. "

-Moments: Analysis and Estimation of Distributions Using Linear Combinations of Order Statistics." J. Roy. Stat. Soc. B 52, 105-124, 1990.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "L-Moment." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/L-Moment.html