Anderson-Darling Goodness of Fit Method

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-001422",
  "term": "Anderson-Darling Goodness of Fit Method",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The Anderson-Darling test is used to test if a sample of data came from a population with a specific distribution. It is a modification of the Kolmogorov-Smirnov (K-S) test and gives more weight to the tails than does the K-S test. The K-S test is distribution free in the sense that the critical values do not depend on the specific distribution being tested. The Anderson-Darling test makes use of the specific distribution in calculating critical values. This has the advantage of allowing a more sensitive test and the disadvantage that critical values must be calculated for each distribution. The Anderson-Darling test is also an alternative to the chi-squared goodness-of-fit test. (NIST/SEMATECH 2005a)",
  "references": [
    "EPA Thesaurus of Terms Used in Microbial Risk Assessment: 5.9 Modeling, Statistics, and Math Terms at http://water.epa.gov/scitech/swguidance/standards/criteria/health/microbial/T59.cfm"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/anderson-darling-goodness-of-fit-method/"
}