Table 3 Observed results from Shapiro-Wilks test, skewness and excess kurtosis for the reference and two new methods
From: The choice of statistical methods for comparisons of dosimetric data in radiotherapy
Tests | Results | Reference | Method 1 | Method 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Shapiro-Wilks | W | 0.80 | 0.81 | 0.81 |
p-value | <0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |
Skewness | Skewness/standard error | 6.05 | 5.64 | 5.68 |
p-value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | |
Excess Kurtosis | Kurtosis/standard error | 6.15 | 5.04 | 5.14 |
p -value | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |