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...ly large negative deviates. What we don't know is how significant such skewness is for the overall distribution. How can I assess this, or can I assess this, using fitdistr (or some other function I haven't found yet)? Thanks Ted -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Relative-novice%3A-Working-with-fitdistr%28MASS%29%3A-3-questions-tp19610812p19610812.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

...each of the columns. Is fitdistr able to handle the data I have, or do I have to massage my data into a form fitdistr can handle? If the latter, is there something available with R that will make the massage simple and quick? Thanks Ted -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Relative-Novice---%22Can-I-get-some-explanation-of-the-docs-for-fitdistr%28MASS%29-%22-tp19578052p19578052.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com.