Re: Shapiro-Wilks Statistic

Posted by Bruce Weaver on
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Shapiro-Wilks-Statistic-tp5739693p5739703.html

I'll repeat the question I asked earlier:

> Why do you [Harley & 3J LEMA] want to test for normality?

If it is to justify use of a parametric test, my advice would be, "Don't
bother!"   ;-)  



3J LEMA wrote
> Any tips on when to use the Shapiro-Wilk statistic over the
> Kolmogorov-Smirnov Statistic in testing normality?
>
> Thank you.





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