Accession Number:

ADA055242

Title:

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

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 1 Jun-1 Aug 73,

Corporate Author:

WEIBULL (WALODDI) LAUSANNE (SWITZERLAND)

Personal Author(s):

• Weibull,Waloddi

Report Date:

1977-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

15.0

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

Descriptors:

• *STATISTICAL TESTS
• *STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS
• FATIGUE LIFE
• ESTIMATES
• SAMPLING
• EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• CONFIDENCE LIMITS
• NORMAL DISTRIBUTION

Subject Categories:

• Statistics and Probability

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE