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Re: st: ksmirnov and normality
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William Buchanan <[email protected]>
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Re: st: ksmirnov and normality
Date
Fri, 8 Feb 2013 04:05:50 -0800
Hi Nahla,
The correct spelling is Stata. Search the Statalist archives for a fairly recent discussion about testing for normality and some of the difficulties/issues with such tests.
HTH,
Billy
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On Feb 8, 2013, at 3:42, Nahla Betelmal <[email protected]> wrote:
> dear statalist,
>
> I found a paper says that Kolmogorov-Smirnov test is used for
> normality test in SPSS and SAS, but not in STATA. In STATA ksmirnov
> command is used for the one or two samples Kolmogorov-Smirnov test.
> the paper http://faculty.ksu.edu.sa/hisham/Documents/Students/a_PHCL/Testing_Normality.pdf,
> page 2
>
> I have two questions, does this mean that we can not use ksmirnov
> command to test normality for one sample in STATA?
> Second, what is the meaning behind STATA ksmirnov command is used for
> the one sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, other than normality test?
> what is the point the author wants to make?
>
> N.B my sample size is 300 observations
>
>
> Many thanks
>
> Nahla Betelmal
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