X² and its components as tests of normality for grouped data

Title: X² and its components as tests of normality for grouped data
Creator: Best, D. J.; Rayner, J. C. W.; Thas, O.
Relation: Journal of Applied Statistics Vol. 35, Issue 5, p. 481-492
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02664760701835219
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2008
Description: We consider testing for an unobservable normal distribution with unspecified mean and variance. It is only possible to observe the counts in groups with boundaries specified before sighting the data. On the basis of a small power study, we recommend the usual X² test be used as an omnibus test, augmented by informal examination of the first two non-zero components of X². We also recommend use of maximum likelihood and method of moments estimation.
Subject: critical values; improved grouped normal models; maximum-likelihood estimation; method of moments estimation; power study
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/41360
Identifier: uon:4742
Identifier: ISSN:0266-4763
Rights: This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of Applied Statistics, Vol. 35, Issue 5, p. 481-492 (2008). Journal of Applied Statistics is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=0266-4763&volume=35&issue=5&spage=481
Language: eng
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