Hi Madan,

Here is a sci paper named:

A comparison of various tests of normality

It is written by Berna Yazici and Senay Yolacan. You
may find the answers. I think it is available on the
internet.

Regards

Betul


--- Madan Gopal Kundu <madan4331@...> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> We know there is a number of statistical test to
> test the normality of
> a distribution. some of these are:
> 1. Kolmogorov Smirnov test
> 2. Shapiro -Wilk's test
> 3. D'Agostino-Pearson Omnibus test
> 4. Cramer-vol Mises
> 5. Anderson-Darlling
>
> Now my questions are:
> which test I should use and in what situation?
> Which one is most powerful in what situation?
> Which one is most conservative in what situation?
>
> Any comments on this topic will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks and Reards,
> Madan Kundu
>
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Betul KAN

Department of Statistics
Faculty of Science
Tel: +90 222 335 0580 Ext: 5678
Fax: +90 222 320 4910
Anadolu University
Eskisehir/TURKIYE

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