Re: Goodness of fit measures for a distribution

"Unknown" <noone@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:<d343js$h3g$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>...
> Yes, and I guess that would explain the fact why there are over 100
> distributions out there when one could have "good enough" results with the
> Normal distribution right?

A **lot** more than 100. You think it's a long way down to the corner
shop, but that's peanuts compared to the number of distributions. Not
all of them have names, though.


Glen
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