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distSym

Distribution Symmetry Measure

Description

From a sample from a distribution computes a symmetry measure. By default it is the gap between the mean and the 0.95 quantile divided by the gap between the 0.05 quantile and the mean.

Usage

distSym(x, prob = 0.9, na.rm = FALSE)

Arguments

`x`	a numeric vector representing a sample from a continuous distribution
`prob`	quantile interval coverage
`na.rm`	set to `TRUE` to remove `NA`s before proceeding.

Value

a scalar with a value of 1.0 indicating symmetry

Author(s)

Frank Harrell

rmsb

Bayesian Regression Modeling Strategies

v0.0.2

GPL (>= 3)

Authors

Frank Harrell [aut, cre] (<https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8271-5493>), Ben Goodrich [ctb] (contributed Stan code), Ben Bolker [ctb] (wrote original code that is folded into the pdensityContour function), Doug Bates [ctb] (write original code for highest posterior density interval that is folded into the HPDint function)

Initial release

2021-02-27