Comprehensive study of tests for normality and symmetry: extending the Spiegelhalter test

DOI10.1080/10629360500109023MaRDI QIDQ5485078zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Patrick J. Farrell, Katrina Rogers-Stewart

Publication date 28 August 2006

Published in Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1080/10629360500109023

zbMATH Keywords

powerkurtosisskewnesssignificance leveltriples tests

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Nonparametric hypothesis testing (62G10)

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