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author Hawkins, Douglas M
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contents Transforming a random variable to improve its normality leads to a followup test for whether the transformed variable follows a normal distribution. Previous work has shown that the Anderson Darling test for normality suffers from resubstitution bias following Box-Cox transformation, and indicates normality much too often. The work reported here extends this by adding the Shapiro-Wilk statistic and the two-parameter Box Cox transformation, all of which show severe bias. We also develop a recalibration to correct the bias in all four settings. The methodology was motivated by finding reference ranges in biomarker studies where parametric analysis, possibly on a power-transformed measurand, can be much more informative than nonparametric. Setting environmental standards illustrates another potential application.
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spellingShingle Testing Normality of Data Transformed by Maximum Likelihood Box Cox
Hawkins, Douglas M
Methodology
62
Transforming a random variable to improve its normality leads to a followup test for whether the transformed variable follows a normal distribution. Previous work has shown that the Anderson Darling test for normality suffers from resubstitution bias following Box-Cox transformation, and indicates normality much too often. The work reported here extends this by adding the Shapiro-Wilk statistic and the two-parameter Box Cox transformation, all of which show severe bias. We also develop a recalibration to correct the bias in all four settings. The methodology was motivated by finding reference ranges in biomarker studies where parametric analysis, possibly on a power-transformed measurand, can be much more informative than nonparametric. Setting environmental standards illustrates another potential application.
title Testing Normality of Data Transformed by Maximum Likelihood Box Cox
topic Methodology
62
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.19329