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Likelihood-ratio tests for normality

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  • Zhang, Jin & Wu, Yuehua, 2005. "Likelihood-ratio tests for normality," Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 49(3), pages 709-721, June.
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    1. Jin Zhang, 2002. "Powerful goodness‐of‐fit tests based on the likelihood ratio," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 64(2), pages 281-294, May.
    2. J. P. Royston, 1982. "The W Test for Normality," Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series C, Royal Statistical Society, vol. 31(2), pages 176-180, June.
    3. Jin Zhang & Yuehua Wu, 2002. "Beta Approximation to the Distribution of Kolmogorov-Smirnov Statistic," Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Springer;The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, vol. 54(3), pages 577-584, September.
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