242 questions linked to/from Is normality testing 'essentially useless'?
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### What tests do I use to confirm that residuals are normally distributed?

I have some data which looks from plotting a graph of residuals vs time almost normal but I want to be sure. How can I test for normality of error residuals?
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### What are some examples of anachronistic practices in statistics?

I am referring to practices that still maintain their presence, even though the problems (usually computational) they were designed to cope with have been mostly solved. For example, Yates' ...
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### KS test for normality on residuals from OLS vs. MLE

This is a conceptual issue. Suppose, one wants to test the residuals $e_t$ from the regression for normality. So, he runs the regression, obtains the estimates of error variance $\sigma^2$, and forms ...
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### When does Fisher's “go get more data” approach make sense?

Quoting gung's great answer Allegedly, a researcher once approached Fisher with 'non-significant' results, asking him what he should do, and Fisher said, 'go get more data'. From a Neyman-Pearson ...
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### What is exactly the non-normality requisite for nonparametric tests? [duplicate]

As the title says, what is exactly what is being tested before deciding to use a non-parametric alternative test (as Kruskal-Wallis for ANOVA, or Mann-Whitney's U for student's t)? Most sources are ...
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### Normality Tests in samples with outliers

I'm making a code in R that contains some parametric and non-parametric tests, like ANOVA and Kruskal-Wallis. To know if I should use one or another I check the "normality" of the test sample. My ...
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### What is the difference between the Shapiro-Wilk test of normality and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test of normality?

What is the difference between the Shapiro-Wilk test of normality and the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test of normality? When will results from these two methods differ?