On Fri, 06 Dec 2002 17:05:50 +0000, Jerry Dallal wrote: > Often, K-S like tests are of limited value because they are most > sensitive to departures from normality in the center of the > distribution. When normality is an issue, it usually involves > behavior in the tails, which is where KS-like tests are least > sensitive.
It hasn't been mentioned in the thread, I think. But I know that's true, and that the Anderson-Darling test (which was mentioned) is somewhat better in that respect. Thanks for the remark though! Koen . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
