A suggestion for using powerful and informative tests of normality

American Statistician

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 316-321

  D’Agostino, Ralph B ^a,b   Belanger, Albert ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

B2; D Agostino Pearson K2; Kurtosis; Normal probability plot; Skewness; b1

Indexed keywords

EID: 84952503973     PISSN: 00031305     EISSN: 15372731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00031305.1990.10475751     Document Type: Article

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