Anderson-Darling goodness of fit test

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-001423",
  "term": "Anderson-Darling goodness of fit test",
  "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.",
  "subject": "Health and safety",
  "references": [
    "NIST/SEMATECH 2005a"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/anderson-darling-goodness-of-fit-test/"
}