Hello, I would like to know if there is a function in R that will test for normality and handle censored data sets. Currently, I evaluate each censored data set by the extent to which a normal scores plot approximate a straight line. For complete data sets I use shapiro.test(). Below is an example of a censored data set. data1<-c(0.00, 0.00, 0.00, 5.86, 5.17, 8.17, 5.12, 4.92, 7.08, 5.73, 5.44, 6.61, 6.34, 6.23, 5.97, 5.86, 5.15, 7.98, 6.72, 5.15, 3.58, 6.86, 6.12, 4.58, 6.07, 5.38, 5.21, 3.78) The zero values occur because I cannot detect a pathogen with a value below 2.4. Using shapiro.test(), it seems that the data are different from a normal distribution. However, the normal scores plot suggest otherwise. Using R version 1.9.1 Thanks in advance. Ken ________________________________________________________ Kenneth E. Frost Research Assistant University of Wisconsin - Madison Dept. of Plant Pathology 1630 Linden Dr. Madison, WI 53706 kef at plantpath.wisc.edu
Data Censoring and Normality Tests
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