How to Interpret Shapiro Wilk Test?
If the Sig. Value of the Shapiro-Wilk Test Is Greater Than 0.05, the Data Is Normal. If It Is Below 0.05, the Data Significantly Deviate from a Normal...
If the Sig. value of the Shapiro-Wilk Test is greater than 0.05, the data is normal. If it is below 0.05, the data significantly deviate from a normal distribution.
What does a Shapiro-Wilk test tell you?
Shapiro-Wilks Normality Test. The Shapiro-Wilks test for normality is one of three general normality tests designed to detect all departures from normality. It is comparable in power to the other two tests. The test rejects the hypothesis of normality when the p-value is less than or equal to 0.05.
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How do I report my Shapiro-Wilk test results?
For reporting a Shapiro-Wilk test in APA style, we include 3 numbers:
- the test statistic W -mislabeled “Statistic” in SPSS;
- its associated df -short for degrees of freedom and.
- its significance level p -labeled “Sig.” in SPSS.