期刊
COMPUTERS & INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING
卷 61, 期 4, 页码 1240-1244出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2011.07.015
关键词
Normal distribution; Normalizing data; Kolmogorov-Smirnov; Too-frequent data
Many quantitative applications in business operations, environmental engineering, and production assume sufficient normality of data, which is often, demonstrated using tests of normality, such as the Kolmogorov deemed Smirnov test. A practical problem arises when a high proportion of a too-frequent value exists in data, in which case transformation to normality that passes tests for normality may be impossible. Analysts and researchers are therefore often concerned with the question: should we bother transforming the variable to normality? Or should we revert to other approaches not requiring a normal distribution? In this study, we find the critical number of the frequency of a single value for which there is no feasible transformation to normality within a given a of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The resultant decision table can guide the effort of analysts and researchers. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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