From: Allin Cottrell (cottrell@wfu.edu)
Date: Sun Sep 19 2004 - 22:54:51 EDT
Paul C (I think): >> what is missing is >> a test of the extent to which the distribution is actually >> a Gamma one. Julian Wells (I think): > Locke's test implements the Lukacs Theorem idea involving the > characterisation of the gamma and is your starting point if you want > to go beyond a Kolmogorov-Smirnov g.o.f. test (but see Shapiro and > Chen (2001) for comments and alternatives). Is the reference for Locke's test Charles Locke, "A Test for the Composite Hypothesis that a Population has a Gamma Distribution"? Is this paper available anywhere? (It's a University of South Carolina Technical Report, but the site has no text or link.) Allin Cottrell
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