测试正常性:一个用户的 (预防性) 指南
1Precision Medicine Unit, Biomedical Data Science Center (BDSC), Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland.
Laboratory animals
|October 4, 2024
概括
在推理统计学中,测试数据的正常性至关重要. 本审查审查了评估正常性的方法,突出了潜在的陷,并质疑了初步正常性测试的必要性.
科学领域:
- 统计 统计 统计 统计
- 生物统计学 生物统计学
- 数据分析 数据分析
背景情况:
- 正常性假设是推理统计的核心,它假定数据来源于正常 (高斯分布).
- 违反这个假设可以使统计输出,如p值,无法操作,并导致资源浪费.
- 准确评估正常性对于可靠的统计推断至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为评估数据正常性的图形和统计方法提供概述.
- 突出应用正常性测试中的常见陷和挑战.
- 批判性地检查初步正常性测试的实际实用性和必要性.
主要方法:
- 对正常性评估的图形方法的审查 (例如,直方图,Q-Q图).
- 讨论常见的正常性统计测试 (例如,沙皮罗-威尔克,科尔莫戈罗夫-斯米尔诺夫).
- 分析这些方法的潜在误解和局限性.
主要成果:
- 没有一种方法可以完美证实正常性;自然变量很少符合理想的正常分布.
- 图形方法提供视觉检查,但可以是主观的.
- 统计测试提供了定量测量,但对样本大小和假设敏感.
结论:
- 预先的正常性测试经常受到质疑,因为正常性的理想性和采用大样本大小的方法的稳定性.
- 仔细考虑方法和潜在的陷对于有效的统计分析至关重要.
- 当正常性受到质疑时,可以采用替代方法或可靠的统计方法.
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