On robust testing for normality in chemometrics

Chemometrics and Intelligent Laboratory Systems

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 98-108

  Stehlik M ^a   Strelec L ^b   Thulin, M ^c  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^b MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Lehmann Bickel functional; Model diagnostics; Monte Carlo simulations; Power comparison; Robust tests for normality; Trimming

Indexed keywords

METHANE; MYCOLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMOMETRICS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOMERIZATION; JARQUE BERA TEST; LIN MUDHOLKAR TEST; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHAPIRO WILK TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 84887556321     PISSN: 01697439     EISSN: 18733239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemolab.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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