Re: Chi²-Test automatic grouping?`

glenbarnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: 
All I can say is "Why on earth are you doing these things?"

1) Why choose between some collection of distributions based on
    goodness of fit? What are you trying to achieve by it?

I have to implement an insurance model. The approach is well known in theory and there are only a few distr's proposed to fit.

2) Why the ones in your list and not others?

because it's only a model and others have tested that some will fit "better" than others

3) Why on /earth/ use chi-square?

because it's easy to implement. Better for the date would be a graphical test but there's less objectivity

Carsten
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