# Show Reference: "Tests for Departure from Normality. Empirical Results for the Distributions of $b_2$ and $\sqrt{b_1}$"

Tests for Departure from Normality. Empirical Results for the Distributions of b_2 and \sqrt{b_1} Biometrika, Vol. 60, No. 3. (1973) by Ralph D'Agostino, Egon S. Pearson
@article{dagostino-and-pearson-1973,
abstract = {This paper is a preliminary to a detailed survey of the relative powers of a number of omnibus and directional tests of nonnormality. The probability integrals of √ b1 and b2, the standardized third and fourth moment statistics, are found for random samples from a normal distribution. Main attention is given to b2. Extensive computer simulation and curve fitting have been used to provide charts of probability levels out to the 0.1\% point, for 20 ⩽ n ⩽ 200. For √ b1, the parameters of Johnson's symmetrical {SU} approximation are tabled for values of n between 8 and 1000. An illustration is given of two omnibus' tests applying the charts and table, involving the joint use of √ b1 and b2.},
author = {D'Agostino, Ralph and Pearson, Egon S.},
citeulike-article-id = {13230183},
journal = {Biometrika},
number = {3},
posted-at = {2014-06-16 16:13:27},
priority = {2},
publisher = {Biometrika Trust},
title = {Tests for Departure from Normality. Empirical Results for the Distributions of \$b\_2\$ and \$\sqrt{b\_1}\$},
url = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/2335012},
volume = {60},
year = {1973}
}

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