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Sergio
> Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:15:55 -0300
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: normality distribution
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Dear Sophie,
>
> You can use the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test or another non-parametric tecnhique
> to test if the variable is normally distribuited.
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 1:35 PM, Sophie Lelorain <
> [log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Are they any rule of thumb to say that a variable is normally distributed?
> > Is that sufficient to look at the skewness coefficient? and if yes, is the
> > cutoff point of that coefficient between -1 et 1, as I read on a statistical
> > book? Or, any other rule?
> >
> > Thank you for your advices.
> >
> > Best regards, sophie
> >
> >
> > Sophie Lelorain
> > PhD Candidate in Health Psychology,
> > University of Nantes- FRANCE
> >
> > http://lelorain.sophie.neuf.fr
> >
> >
> >
> > Sophie Lelorain
> > Allocataire de Recherche en Psychologie de la Santé : LabECD (EA 3259) &
> > ERSSCa (EE 0602)
> > Université de Nantes / Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Ange-Guépin
> > 5,allée Jacques Berque
> > 44021 NANTES, Cedex 1
> >
> > http://lelorain.sophie.neuf.fr/
> > 02.40.48.39.91
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Alexandre Lima
> Statistician - Minsitry oh Health
> National STD and Aids Programme
> Brasília - Brazil
> +55(61)92757327
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