Assessing the goodness-of-fit of statistical distributions when data are grouped

Mathematical Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-276

  Haschenburger, Judith K ^a   Spinelli, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b BRITISH COLUMBIA CANCER AGENCY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anderson Darling; Cram r von Mises; EDF statistics; Grouped exponential distribution; Pearson chi square

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GEOSTATISTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 22144457048     PISSN: 08828121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11004-005-1558-0     Document Type: Review

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