Patil, P.; Patil, P.; Bagkavos, D. - In: Statistical Papers 53 (2012) 4, pp. 971-985
It is a general practice to make assertions about the symmetry or asymmetry of a probability density function based on the coefficients of skewness. Since most of the coefficients of skewness are designed to be zero for a symmetric density, they overall do provide an indication of symmetry....