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  2. From: chaas@coe.drexel.edu (Chuck Haas)
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  4. Subject: Re: Testing for Normality
  5. Message-ID: <1992Sep7.181847.12909@cbis.ece.drexel.edu>
  6. Date: 7 Sep 92 18:18:47 GMT
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  14. RE: Testing for Normality
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  16. see the following reference for a good review of the various normality
  17. tests, including comparative power calculations.  This is also a nice
  18. review of the various methods for drawing class intervals in the
  19. chi-squared tests for distributional goodness of fit:
  20.  
  21. "How to Test Normality and other Distributional Assumptions", SS Shapiro,
  22. American Society for Quality Control - Statistics Division, Volume 3-ASQC
  23. Basic References in Quality Control (1990).
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