[R] weibull test

[Trenkler, Dietrich]

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Meriema BELAIDOUNI 
> Sent:	Wednesday, December 18, 2002 11:19 AM
> To:	R-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Subject:	[R] weibull test
> 
> Hello
> What is the appropriate method to test if a given distribution is a
> weibull
> thank you
> meriema
	 

	[Dietrich Trenkler]  The following articles may be of interest for
you:

	@ARTICLE{Chandra81,
	  author = {M. Chandra and N.D. Singpurwalla and M.A. Stephens},
	  year = 1981,
	  title = {Kolmogorov Statistics for Tests of Fit for the
Extreme-Value and
	          Weibull Distributions},
	  journal = {Journal of the American Statistical Association},
	  volume = 76,
	  pages = {729--731},
	  keywords = {Extreme-Value Distribution; Goodness of Fit;
Kolmogorov-Smirnov
	             Tests; Kuiper Statistic; Weibull Distribution}
	}                                                                


	@ARTICLE{Lockhart94,
	  author = {Richard A. Lockhart and Michael A. Stephens},
	  year = 1994,
	  title = {Estimation and Tests of Fit for the Three-Parameter
Weibull
	          Distribution},
	  journal = {Journal of the Royal Statistical Society B},
	  volume = 56,
	  pages = {491--500},
	  keywords = {Empirical Distribution Function; Empirical
Distribution Function
	             Tests; Goodness of Fit; Reliability; Survival Analysis}
	}

	Hope this helps.

	D. Trenkler

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