Using both the skew and kurtosis statistics and histograms, determine if there is a significant skew...

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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

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For a normal distribution the skewness value is in the range of 2 2 and kurtosis is in the range of 3 3 The variable sex measured by the nominal scale of measurement For categorical variables frequency distribution along with a pie chart or bar chart is the best See Answer

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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