Date:         Fri, 22 Mar 2002 10:54:24 -0800
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From:         "David L. Cassell" <Cassell.David@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV>
Subject:      Re: Normality test
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"Elmaache, Hamani" <Hamani.Elmaache@CCRA-ADRC.GC.CA> wrote:
> Which Procedure can I use to make Normality test?

Without more information, I'll venture to say PROC UNIVARIATE.
Just add the NORMAL option into the PROC statement.  I recommend
that you go with the Shapiro-Wilk statistic, rather than one of
the stats based on the empirical distribution function.  I wrote
rather a lot on this subject a few days ago, so you can search
the archive for my ramblings if you want to.

But why do you need a test of normality, and how big is your
dataset, and what other strictures are there on your analysis?
Sometimes people want a test of normality when it is (1) not
needed, or (2) not appropriate.  So I'm just wondering.  [Reply
to the list on this, please.]

David
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David Cassell, CSC
Cassell.David@epa.gov
Senior computing specialist
mathematical statistician