## On nomenclature for, and the relative merits of, two formulations of skew distributions.(English)Zbl 1376.60024

Summary: We examine some skew distributions used extensively within the model-based clustering literature in recent years, paying special attention to claims that have been made about their relative efficacy. Theoretical arguments are provided as well as real data examples.

### MSC:

 6e+06 Probability distributions: general theory 6.2e+16 Exact distribution theory in statistics

### Software:

sn; Emmixuskew; R; MASS (R); EMMIXskew
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