  By carefully considering a family of wave functions for Skyrmions in simple
quantum Hall states, whose members are labelled by a non-negative integer and
which properly generalizes the traditional Laughlin quasiparticle, we argue
that the spin of this particle has a fractional part related in a universal
fashion to the properties of the bulk state, and propose a direct experimental
test of this claim. We argue directly also for the fractional charge and
fractional quantum statistics of these particles. We show that certain
spin-singlet quantum Hall states can be understood as arising from primary
polarized states by Skyrmion condensation.
