Fit of Distributions
In assessing whether a given distribution is suited to a data-set, the following tests and their underlying measures of fit can be used:
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- Kolmogorov–Smirnov test;
- Cramér–von Mises criterion;
- Anderson–Darling test;
- Shapiro–Wilk test;
- Chi Square test;
- Akaike information criterion;
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