Evaluation of the power of Goodness-of-Fit tests for the comparison of data distributions

Author

Mascialino, B. ; Pfeiffer, A. ; Pia, M.G. ; Ribon, A. ; Viarengo, P.

Author_Institution

INFN Sezione di Genova

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 29 2006-Nov. 1 2006

Firstpage

101

Lastpage

103

Abstract

A comprehensive study has been performed to provide general guidelines for the practical choice of the most suitable goodness-of-fit test in real data analysis. Quantitative comparisons among the goodness-of-fit tests contained in the Statistical Toolkit are presented; the case of samples drawn from smooth theoretical functions is taken into account. This study is the most complete and general approach so far available to characterize the power of goodness-of-fit tests for the comparison of two data distributions. The results provide guidance to the user to identify the most appropriate test for his/her analysis on an objective basis.

Keywords

data analysis; statistical analysis; data analysis; data distributions; goodness-of-fit tests; statistical toolkit; Data analysis; Gaussian distribution; Guidelines; Helium; Nuclear and plasma sciences; Open source software; Performance evaluation; Physics; Telephony; Testing; Data Analysis; Goodness-of-Fit Statistical Toolkit; Goodness-of-Fit Testing; Power Comparison;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2006. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1095-7863

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0560-2

Electronic_ISBN

1095-7863

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.356116

Filename

4178955