Re: [R] Shapiro-Welch W value interpretation

Thanks for your answer, I will try to make myself clearer and do not worry to point out what I've got wrong. > There is some confusion in your query. > First, how do you know that your data are indeed normally distributed? In this specific case I *know* that my data is normally distributed becaus

Re: [R] Shapiro-Welch W value interpretation

Omar Baqueiro wrote: > Hello, > > I have tested a distribution for normality using the Shapiro-Welch > statistic. The result of this is the following: > > > Shapiro-Wilk normality test > > data: mydata > W = 0.9989, p-value = 0.8791 > > > I know that the p-value > 0.05 (for my purpos

[R] Shapiro-Welch W value interpretation

Hello, I have tested a distribution for normality using the Shapiro-Welch statistic. The result of this is the following: Shapiro-Wilk normality test data: mydata W = 0.9989, p-value = 0.8791 I know that the p-value > 0.05 (for my purposes) means that the data IS normally distributed