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= How do I produce random variables which follow a negatively skewed distribution? =
 
Most distributions such as the exponential and log-Normal distributions are positively skewed with the mode of the distribution occurring for lower values.
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= The Weibull distribution is negatively skewed and may be generated [http://www.taygeta.com/random/weibull.xml using random variables which are uniform on the interval [0,1]]
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Most distributions such as the exponential and log-Normal distributions are positive skewed with the model of the distribution for lower values. The below produces an open ended negatively skewed weibull distribution with parameters, 2 and 20. It has a median of

$$
2^text{-0.05}((ln(2)^text{0.05}) = approx. 0.95.
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[http://www.uib.no/people/ngbnk/kurs/notes/node31.html The Gamma distribution] which has two parameters, $$\alpha$$ and $$\beta$$ may produce negative skew where the model occurs for higher values (values > 0) when $$/alpha$$ is a lot greater than $$\beta$$. It also has no maximum value. {{{
compute wrv= (-(1/2)*(ln(1-rv.uniform(0,1))))**(0.05).
exe.
}}}

How do I produce random variables which follow a negatively skewed distribution?

Most distributions such as the exponential and log-Normal distributions are positively skewed with the mode of the distribution occurring for lower values.

The Weibull distribution is negatively skewed and may be generated [http://www.taygeta.com/random/weibull.xml using random variables which are uniform on the interval [0,1]]

The below produces an open ended negatively skewed weibull distribution with parameters, 2 and 20. It has a median of

$$ 2text{-0.05}((ln(2)text{0.05}) = approx. 0.95. $$

compute wrv= (-(1/2)*(ln(1-rv.uniform(0,1))))**(0.05).
exe.

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