%0 Journal Article %A Towhidi, M. %A Shaghaghian, M. %T On Some Properties and Estimation of a Skew Symmetric Density Function %J Journal of Statistical Research of Iran %V 5 %N 2 %U http://jsri.srtc.ac.ir/article-1-121-en.html %R 10.18869/acadpub.jsri.5.2.161 %D 2009 %K Skew-distribution, skew-normal, skewness, kernel estimation, %X In this paper we consider a general setting of skew-symmetric distribution which was constructed by Azzalini (1985), and its properties are presented. A suitable empirical estimator for a skew-symmetric distribution is proposed. In data analysis, by comparing this empirical model with the estimated skew-normal distribution, we show that the proposed empirical model has a better fit in density estimation, via some simulations. %> http://jsri.srtc.ac.ir/article-1-121-en.pdf %P 161-170 %& 161 %! %9 Research %L A-10-1-97 %+ %G eng %@ 2538-5771 %[ 2009