Table 3.
The Monte Carlo Type I error probabilities of the proposed tests (15), (16) and the Shapiro-Wilk test (SW), when and the anticipated significance level is α= 0.05.
| n = 35 | n = 50 | n = 70 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ρ | SW | SW | SW | ||||||
| −0.9 | <0.0001 | 0.0475 | 0.0521 | <0.0001 | 0.0496 | 0.0519 | <0.0001 | 0.0513 | 0.0506 |
| −0.8 | 0.0015 | 0.0504 | 0.0501 | 0.0014 | 0.0495 | 0.0492 | 0.0014 | 0.0477 | 0.0482 |
| −0.7 | 0.0073 | 0.0501 | 0.0501 | 0.0069 | 0.0498 | 0.0480 | 0.0067 | 0.0499 | 0.0466 |
| −0.6 | 0.0143 | 0.0505 | 0.0489 | 0.0139 | 0.0499 | 0.0521 | 0.0143 | 0.0479 | 0.0495 |
| −0.5 | 0.0235 | 0.0511 | 0.0520 | 0.0233 | 0.0495 | 0.0521 | 0.0228 | 0.0498 | 0.0481 |
| −0.4 | 0.0325 | 0.0513 | 0.0507 | 0.0319 | 0.0500 | 0.0519 | 0.0322 | 0.0495 | 0.0498 |
| −0.3 | 0.0388 | 0.0509 | 0.0521 | 0.0407 | 0.0500 | 0.0493 | 0.0394 | 0.0500 | 0.0506 |
| −0.2 | 0.0454 | 0.0509 | 0.0517 | 0.0465 | 0.0501 | 0.0516 | 0.0475 | 0.0495 | 0.0497 |
| −0.1 | 0.0506 | 0.0461 | 0.0526 | 0.0499 | 0.0499 | 0.0489 | 0.0507 | 0.0503 | 0.0496 |
| 0 | 0.0488 | 0.0501 | 0.0500 | 0.0508 | 0.0499 | 0.0493 | 0.0504 | 0.0495 | 0.0501 |
| 0.1 | 0.0501 | 0.0473 | 0.0505 | 0.0500 | 0.0454 | 0.0510 | 0.0503 | 0.0475 | 0.0466 |
| 0.2 | 0.0466 | 0.0508 | 0.0521 | 0.0470 | 0.0499 | 0.0493 | 0.0469 | 0.0490 | 0.0508 |
| 0.3 | 0.0418 | 0.0507 | 0.0519 | 0.0400 | 0.0499 | 0.0519 | 0.0380 | 0.0493 | 0.0470 |
| 0.4 | 0.0335 | 0.0512 | 0.0509 | 0.0317 | 0.0501 | 0.0497 | 0.0323 | 0.0492 | 0.0506 |
| 0.5 | 0.0237 | 0.0510 | 0.0515 | 0.0228 | 0.0496 | 0.0481 | 0.0231 | 0.0499 | 0.0514 |
| 0.6 | 0.0143 | 0.0503 | 0.0488 | 0.0138 | 0.0498 | 0.0521 | 0.0142 | 0.0498 | 0.0497 |
| 0.7 | 0.0072 | 0.0498 | 0.0495 | 0.0071 | 0.0498 | 0.0492 | 0.0068 | 0.0489 | 0.0492 |
| 0.8 | 0.0016 | 0.0502 | 0.0498 | 0.0015 | 0.0496 | 0.0519 | 0.0012 | 0.0483 | 0.0489 |
| 0.9 | <0.0001 | 0.0500 | 0.0518 | <0.0001 | 0.0497 | 0.0519 | <0.0001 | 0.0508 | 0.0488 |