Research Article

Characterizing Tukey and -Distributions through 𝐿 -Moments and the 𝐿 -Correlation

Table 7

𝐿 -skew ( 𝜏 3 ) and 𝐿 -kurtosis ( 𝜏 4 ) results.
(a) 𝑛 = 2 5

DistParameterEstimate95% Bootstrap C.I.Stand. errorRelative bias %

1 𝜏 3 = 0 . 1 1 0 6 1 0 0.097240.09574, 0.098970.00082−12.1
𝜏 4 = 0 . 1 9 5 7 5 8 0.18820.1869, 0.18930.00061−3.9

2 𝜏 3 = 0 . 0 5 0 0 4 0 0. 043610.04193, 0.045340.00086−12.8
𝜏 4 = 0 . 2 1 0 8 3 9 0.20380.2026, 0.20500.00060−3.3

3 𝜏 3 = 0 . 0 4 1 0 2 5 0.037260.03592, 0.038830.00074−9.2
𝜏 4 = 0 . 1 7 5 0 8 4 0.17230.1713, 0.17340.00054−1.6

4 𝜏 3 = 0 0.0008−0.0007, 0.00210.00070
𝜏 4 = 0 . 1 6 0 1 7 3 0.15910.1582, 0.16020.00050

(b) 𝑛 = 1 0 0 0

DistParameterEstimate95% Bootstrap C.I.Stand. errorRelative bias %

1 𝜏 3 = 0 . 1 1 0 6 1 0 0.11010.1098, 0.11040.00014−0.46
𝜏 4 = 0 . 1 9 5 7 5 8 0. 19550. 1953, 0.19580.00010

2 𝜏 3 = 0 . 0 5 0 0 4 0 0.04980.04946, 0.0500410.00015
𝜏 4 = 0 . 2 1 0 8 3 9 0.21060.2104, 0.21090.00010

3 𝜏 3 = 0 . 0 4 1 0 2 5 0.040860.04062, 0.041090.00012
𝜏 4 = 0 . 1 7 5 0 8 4 0.17500.1748, 0.17510.00010

4 𝜏 3 = 0 −0.00003−0.00027, 0.000150.00011
𝜏 4 = 0 . 1 6 0 1 7 3 0.16020.1600, 0.16030.00010