See: http://finzi.psych.upenn.edu/R/Rhelp08/archive/136160.html
But the issue really comes down to the fact that the questions: "exactly normal?", and "normal enough?" are 2 very different questions (with the difference becoming greater with increased sample size) and while the first is the easier to answer, the second is generally the more useful one. Hope this helps, -- Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D. Statistical Data Center Intermountain Healthcare greg.s...@imail.org 801.408.8111 > -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-boun...@r-project.org [mailto:r-help-boun...@r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Martial Sankar > Sent: Monday, May 04, 2009 1:49 AM > To: rhelp > Subject: [R] normality test for large a large dataset ? > > > > Hello, > > Do you know a R implemented normality test like the shapiro test but > more suitable for large data set ? > > Thanks, > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Découvrez toutes les possibilités de communication avec vos proches > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.