Data Assumptions: Univariate Normality
Very brief description As one of the most basic data assumptions, much has been written about univariate, bivariate and multivariate normality. An excellent reference is by Tom Burdenski (2000) entitled Evaluating Univariate, Bivariate, and Multivariate Normality Using Graphical and Statistical Procedures. A few noteworthy comments about normality: 1. Normality can have different meanings in different contexts, i.e. sampling distribution normality and model error distribution (e.g. in Regression and GLM). Be very careful which type of normality is applicable. 2. By definition, a [READ MORE]