Re: Testing for Normality

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From: anthony.r.rizzo
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1992 14:38

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In article <1992Sep5.064647.15570@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> bateman@nsslsun.nssl.uoknor.edu (Monte Bateman) writes:
>I would like to test data for normality.  The books I have
>access to talk about graphing frequencies on "probability paper".
>
>First off, I don't have any.
>
>Second, it seems that there should be software available 
>to do this test.
>
>Pointers?
>
>Any/all help appreciated!
>
>
>Monte

I can offer one little pointer, for what its worth.
Box, Hunter, and Hunter, in "Statistics for Experimenters" (I'm guessing
at the title) give the scale factors with which you can create
your own normal probability paper.

Tony

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