--- Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> My take differs from anybody else! From what you say, this is not a
> spike. It is just strong skewness.
Good point, a beta distribution can be skewed. To find out if your data
is beta distributed you can use -hangroot-, -pbeta-, and/or -qbeta-,
all downloadable from SSC. Type -findit hangroot-, -findit pbeta-,
and/or -findit qbeta- to find them.
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