Re: Determining if samples are normal

[Bill Denney]

My first thought would be to compare the cumulative distribution function 
of your samples and a normally distributed CDF.

Bill

On Sun, 25 Sep 2005, Søren Hauberg wrote:

> Hi,
> Does anybody know how I can test wether or not some samples are normaly 
> distributed? I tried graphical methods, such as looking at histograms and 
> qqplots, but I don't trust my own judgement enough to use graphical methods.
>
> /Søren
>
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