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violación del supuesto de normalidad

English translation: violation of the normality assumption/assumption of normality

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Spanish term or phrase:violación del supuesto de normalidad
English translation:violation of the normality assumption/assumption of normality
Entered by: maryblack

18:30 Nov 22, 2016
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Mathematics & Statistics
Spanish term or phrase: violación del supuesto de normalidad
The specific passage is:

Las evidencias estadísticas sobre la violación del supuesto de normalidad para la puntuación general de necesidades de apoyo obtenida, obtenidas en la prueba de Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-Scastellano = .78, p
maryblack
United States
Local time: 15:17
violation of the normality assumption/assumption of normality
Explanation:
Kolmogornov-Smirnov is a statistical test that can be used for, among other things, testing whether a set of observations could reasonably have come from a normal (Gaussian) distribution, i.e., for testing the assumption of normality.
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Samantha Cook
United States
Local time: 17:17
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2violation of the normality assumption/assumption of normality
Samantha Cook
4 -1violation of the null hypothesis of normality of the distribution
DLyons


  

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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
violation of the normality assumption/assumption of normality


Explanation:
Kolmogornov-Smirnov is a statistical test that can be used for, among other things, testing whether a set of observations could reasonably have come from a normal (Gaussian) distribution, i.e., for testing the assumption of normality.

Example sentence(s):
  • from wikipedia link below: In the special case of testing for normality of the distribution, samples are standardized and compared with a standard normal distribution.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov%E2%80%93Smirnov_test
Samantha Cook
United States
Local time: 17:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 24
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agree  philgoddard
31 mins
agree  Francois Boye
8 hrs
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
violation of the null hypothesis of normality of the distribution


Explanation:
Another way of saying the same thing.

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 21:17
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 263

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: I think the three "of"s are a bit awkward. You could say "the null hypothesis of a normal distribution".
17 mins
  -> Thanks Phil. You have a point.
disagree  Francois Boye: THere is no mention of null hypothesis
8 hrs
  -> And you specialize in Mathematics and Statistics?
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