Normality tests for statistical analysis: A guide for non-statisticians

International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 486-489

  Ghasemi, Asghar ^a   Zahediasl, Saleh ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Normality; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; THYROTROPIN;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; KOLMOGOROV SMIRNOV TEST; MAGNESIUM BLOOD LEVEL; NORMALITY TEST; PARAMETRIC TEST; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SHAPIRO WILK TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDITY;

EID: 84864023133     PISSN: 1726913X     EISSN: 17269148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5812/ijem.3505     Document Type: Article

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