statsmodels.emplike.descriptive.DescStatUV.test_skew

DescStatUV.test_skew(skew0, return_weights=False) [source]

Returns -2 x log-likelihood and p-value for the hypothesized skewness.

Parameters:	skew0 (float) – Skewness value to be tested return_weights (bool) – If True, function also returns the weights that maximize the likelihood ratio. Default is False.
Returns:	test_results – The log-likelihood ratio and p_value of skew0
Return type:	tuple