An Extension of Shapiro and Wilk's W Test for Normality to Large Samples

P. Royston, J.

doi:10.2307/2347973

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An Extension of Shapiro and Wilk's W Test for Normality to Large Samples

Published in Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C (Applied Statistics) • Jan 1, 1982

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J. P. Royston

Abstract

SUMMARY Shapiro and Wilk's (1965) W statistic arguably provides the best omnibus test of normality, but is currently limited to sample sizes between 3 and 50. Wis extended up to n = 2000 and an approximate normalizing transformation suitable for computer implementation is given. A novel application ...

Subject

Extension (predicate logic)

Normality

Normality test

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