Vanessa Mahlperg wrote:
I've got a question concerning the interpretation of the Shapiro-Wilk
test results.
I don't know the correct meaning of V, z and Prob>z in German. Could
anybody tell me how to identify the normal distribution in the following
case:
swilk c_ws6m c_ws2j c_stelle if zugeh==2
Shapiro-Wilk W test for normal data
Variable Obs W V z Prob>z
c_ws6m 87 0.88729 8.290 4.656 0.00000
c_ws2j 87 0.99142 0.631 -1.015 0.84484
c_stelle 87 0.98980 0.750 -0.632 0.73638
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W and V are specific to the Shapiro-Wilk test; if you need to know more
(I don't), Google will point to explanations.
z is the z-statistic; you will find it in any statistical textbook and
in the output from numerous commands. Essentially it is an estimate
divided by its standard error.
Prob>z is one of Stata's strange shorthand habits; you will find it in
the output from numerous commands. It does NOT mean that a probability
is larger than z, but (in the line for c_ws6m) that - if the
null-hypothesis of normality is true - the probability of z being 4.656
or more extreme, is < 0.00001.
The above results would lead most of us to reject the null-hypothesis of
normality for c_ws6m, and accept it for c_ws2j and c_stelle. But some of
us prefer to assess normality visually rather than by statistical
testing; -histogram- and -qnorm- are useful commands for that.
Hope this helps
Svend
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