Likelihood-ratio tests for normality

Computational Statistics and Data Analysis

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 709-721

  Zhang, Jin ^a   Wu, Yuehua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anderson Darling test; D'Agostino's test; Goodness of fit; Power; Shapiro Wilk test; Test of normality

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRATION; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SET THEORY;

ANDERSON-DARLING TESTS; D'AGOSTINO'S TESTS; GOODNESS OF FIT; POWER; SHAPIRO-WILK TESTS; TEST OF NORMALITY;

STATISTICAL METHODS;

EID: 18744363887     PISSN: 01679473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csda.2004.05.034     Document Type: Article

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