Let say I observe a phenomenon an I get its PDF. Then I come up with two models to simulate this phenomenon. From these models, I can get a PDF and I want to know which model is better. So I have:
- One sample from observation giving
PDF1
, - One sample from the first model giving
PDF2
, - One sample from the second model giving
PDF3
.
I am not a statistician, so from my findings I have to use a Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to assess if two PDFs can be considered "equal".
Thus, I compute two-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test with PDF1
vs PDF2
giving pvalue1
and from PDF1
vs PDF3
giving pvalue2
.
Can I compare the two pvalues
? If pvalue1 < pvalue2
, can I say that the first model is better?
Or maybe this approach is wrong, so how to tell which model is better at getting the PDF (only the PDF, I know about Q2 and this is not what I am looking for)?