[R] goodness of fitting for a mixed distribution

[Pikounis, Bill [CNTUS]]

Nelson,
I did a quick Google search on the phrase "goodness of fit mixture models"
and found this thread. There seems to be some good info in there:

http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/archives/html/s-news/2000-07/msg00166.html

Hope that helps,
Bill

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Bill Pikounis, PhD
Nonclinical Statistics
Centocor, Inc.

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> 
> Thanks,
>   i wonder if I can use a kolmogorov smirnov test or a similar test
> (but what test?). I use QQ-plot but the people i'm working to asked me
> numbers... :) and not sum of square error.
> 
> The told about chi-square test and Kolmogorov Smirnov Test...
> 
> I produce QQ- plots, but they doesn't like them... while i see theme
> very descriptive...
> 
> any advice? They only want to say "oh, my mixed distribution fits data
> at 90%".... :(
> 
> 
> nelson
> 
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