ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 5479 First edition 1997-05-15 Statistical interpretation of data -- Tests for departure from the normal distribution Interpretation statistique des donnees-Tests pour les écarts a la distributionnormale This material is reproduced from Iso documents under International Organization for Standardization (Iso) Copyright License number IHS/ICC/1996. Not for resale. No part of these Iso documents may be reproduced in any fom, electronic retrieval system or otherwise, except as consent of IsO (Case postale 56, 1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland, Fax +41 22 7341079),IHSortheISOLicensor'smembers. ISO Reference number 1SO 5479:1997(E) No reproduc ed without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO5479:1997(E) Contents Page Scope.. 1 2 Normative references.. 3 Definitions and symbols 2 4 General. 3 5 Graphical method . 4 6 Directional tests. 11 7 Joint test using yb, and b2 (multidirectional test.... 15 8 Omnibus tests .. 16 9 Joint test using several independent samples 22 10 Statistical tabies.. 24 Annexes A Blank normal probability graph paper . 32 B Bibliography. 33 @ISO1997 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from the publisher. International Organization for Standardization Case postale 56 . CH-1211 Geneve 20 . Switzerland Internet central@iso.ch X.400 c=ch;a=400net; p=iso; 0=isocs; s=central Printed in Switzerland Copyright International Organization for Standardization Noreproduction or networking permited without license from IHS Not for Resale @ISO IS05479:1997(E) Foreword Iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (isO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through IsO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be rep- resented on that committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with IsO, also take part in the work. IsO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of electrotechnical standardization. circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval by at least 75 % of the member bodies casting a vote. ISO/TC 69, Applications of statistical methods, SubcommitteeSc6, Measurementmethodsandresults. AnnexesAandBofthisInternationalStandardareforinformationonly ili e from IHS Not for Resale