Thode, Henry C., 1951-

Testing for normality / Henry C. Thode, Jr. - viii, 479 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Statistics, textbooks and monographs ; v. 164 . - Statistics, textbooks and monographs ; v. 164. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Testing for Univariate Normality. Plots, Probability Plots and Regression Tests. Test Using Moments. Other Tests for Univariate Normality. Goodness of Fit Tests. Tests for Outliers. Power Comparisons for Univariate Tests for Normality. Testing for Normality with Censored Data -- Testing for Multivariate Normality. Assessing Multivariate Normality. Testing for Multivariate Outliers -- Additional Topics. Testing for Normal Mixtures. Robust Estimation of Location and Scale. Computational Issues. Data Sets Used in Examples -- Parameter and Critical Values -- Function Optimization Computer Subroutine Variable Metric Method. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. App. A. App. B. App. C.

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