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| From | William Buchanan <william@williambuchanan.net> |
| To | "statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu" <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
| Subject | 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 Sent from my iPhone On Feb 8, 2013, at 3:42, Nahla Betelmal <nahlaib@gmail.com> 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 > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/resources/statalist-faq/ * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/