Classroom goodness of fit testing using Microsoft Windows

Author

Byrkett, Donald L.

Author_Institution

Syst. Anal. Dept., Miami Univ., Oxford, OH, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

8-11 Dec 1991

Firstpage

882

Lastpage

886

Abstract

The author points out that the chi-square goodness-of-fit test and other statistical tests for comparing observed data with a theoretical distribution are not well supported by the popular statistical analysis packages such as SAS, SPSS, BMDP, and MINITAB. To overcome this limitation, he has written a PC-based program to support goodness-of-fit testing and has used it in his simulation class. The original version of this program was written as a typical, menu-oriented DOS application using the language True BASIC. This program was rewritten in the language C to run under the Microsoft Windows 3.0 operating environment. The author discusses the importance of goodness-to-fit testing in simulation and other stochastic modeling classes, describes the Windows 3.0 version of this program and its limitations, and discusses how this program can be used in a simulation class

Keywords

digital simulation; graphical user interfaces; statistical analysis; stochastic processes; Microsoft Windows; PC-based program; chi-square goodness-of-fit test; language C; language True BASIC; menu-oriented DOS application; operating environment; simulation class; statistical analysis packages; statistical tests; stochastic modeling classes; Costs; Education; Exponential distribution; Packaging; Software packages; Statistical analysis; Stochastic processes; Stochastic systems; Synthetic aperture sonar; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Simulation Conference, 1991. Proceedings., Winter

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0181-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WSC.1991.185699

Filename

185699