Testing normality using kernel methods

    Authors

    I. A. Ahmad;A. R. Mugdadi

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Nonparametr. Stat.

    Keywords

    testing normality; independence; kernel methods; bandwidth selection; Monte Carlo methods; power of tests; kernel contrasts; asymptotic; normality; GOODNESS-OF-FIT; Statistics & Probability

    Abstract

    Testing normality is one of the most studied areas in inference. Many methodologies have been proposed. Some are based on characterization of the normal variate, while most others are based on weaker properties of the normal. In this investigation, we propose a new procedure, which is based on the well-known characterization; if X-1 and X-2 are two independent copies of a variable with distribution F, then X-1 and X-2 are normal if and only if X-1 - X-2 and X-1 + X-2 are independent. If X-1,..., X-n is a random sample from F, we test that F is normal by testing nonparametrically that u(ii*) = X-i - X-i* and nu(ii*) = X-i + X-i* are independent, i not equal i* = 1, 2..... n. This procedure has several major advantages; it applies equally to one-dimensional or multi-dimensional cases, it does not require estimation of parameters, it does not require transformation to uniformity, it does not require use of special tables of coefficients, and it does have very good power requiring much less number of iterations to reach stable results.

    Journal Title

    Journal of Nonparametric Statistics

    Volume

    15

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2003

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    273

    Last Page

    288

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000183977300002

    ISSN

    1048-5252

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