SOME NEW NORMALITY TESTS FOR THE ERROR OF A LINEAR REGRESSION MODEL

Miguel A. Arcones (U.S.A.) and Yishi Wang (U.S.A.)

Received July 9, 2007; Revised November 7, 2007

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Keywords and phrases: test of normality, linear regression model, residuals, U-processes.