mc.left {envoutliers}

Left medcouple (LMC) - Only intended for developer use

Description

Calculates left medcouple (MLC). The function is called by KRDetect.outliers.changepoint and is not intended for use by regular users of the package.

Usage

mc.left(x)

Arguments

x

a numeric vector of data values.

Details

This function computes left medcouple (LMC). The function is exported for developer use only. It does not perform any checks on inputs since it is only a convenience function.

Value

A numeric value giving left medcouple

References

Brys G, Hubert M, Struyf A (2008). Goodness-of-fit tests based on a robust measure of skewness. Computational Statistics, 23(3), 429–442.

Todorov V, Filzmoser P (2009). An Object-Oriented Framework for Robust Multivariate Analysis. Journal of Statistical Software, 32(3), 1-47. URL http://www.jstatsoft.org/v32/i03/.