Hi, As far as I understand, D is the value of (Kolmogorov-Smirnov) statistic and p-value is the probability to get that (or greater) value for normally distributed variables (so in your case you would most probably reject the hypothesis that your data is normal).
--- On Tue, 23/2/10, Bosken <jens.bossa...@kahosl.be> wrote: > From: Bosken <jens.bossa...@kahosl.be> > Subject: [R] Normal distribution (Lillie.test()) > To: r-help@r-project.org > Received: Tuesday, 23 February, 2010, 7:22 AM > > Hi all, > > I have a dataset of 2000 numbers ( it's noise measured with > a scoop ) > > Now i want to know of my data is normal distributed > (Gaussian distribution). > > I did already: > > - 68-95-99.7 test > - Q-Q-plot > > and now i used "nortest library" and the Lilli.test() > > However i don't understad the output? > > lillie.test(z) > > Lilliefors (Kolmogorov-Smirnov) > normality test > > data: z > D = 0.0218, p-value = 0.0278 > > I read wiki, but still can understand it.. > > Can anyone, give an explanation of my output D and > p-value? > > Thanks in advance > > Gr. Bosken > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://n4.nabble.com/Normal-distribution-Lillie-test-tp1565083p1565083.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > ______________________________________________ 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.
