Most current statistics packages do not appropriately compute tests for normality on categorized data. This program for personal computers calculates two test statistics and associated significance levels for categorized data: the Kolmogorov-Smimov D, and an omnibus test based on skew and kurtosis. This program would be useful in examining, for example, sample test score or rating distributions.
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