A New Test of Normality and of Exponentiality Called the Q-Test.

Abstract

A new test statistic, denoted by Q and equal to the quotient of two unbiased estimates of the standard deviation of a normal distribution is proposed for testing the hypothesis that a given sample is drawn from a normal population or, alternatively, from an exponential population. The sampling distributions of Q have been computed and used for setting the limits of rejection regions corresponding to 1%, 2%, and 5% levels of significance and also for stating the decision power of Q used as a shape estimator. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA055242

Entities

People

  • Waloddi Weibull

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Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautical Laboratories
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Coefficients
  • Contracts
  • Data Science
  • Distribution Functions
  • Estimators
  • Fatigue Life
  • Information Science
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Normal Distribution
  • Sampling
  • Statistical Samples
  • Statistical Sampling

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Regression Analysis.
  • Statistical inference.