A quick answer is that the prob>z is testing the null hypothesis of
normality. If p<0.05 the argument is that the statistic can not accept
the null hypothesis of normality. So in your case as Jesus point's out
the results below indicate unable to reject the null hypothesis -
suggestive that the relationship is normal
Jase
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Subject: st: ask help for swilk
Hi,
Does anyone know how to interpret the result of swilk function. Like my
result is
swilk ag, lnnormal
Shapiro-Wilk W test for 3-parameter lognormal data
Variable | Obs W V z Prob>z
-------------+-------------------------------------------------
ag | 1199 0.79999 148.830 -1.088 0.86173
Shall I reject or accept the null hypothesis?
Thanks
Jiehua
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