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role: proposition
name: Anderson–Darling criterion
sources:
  - wikipedia: en:19456533@r1230480653
    locator: Minimum-distance estimation, section Statistics used in estimation > Anderson–Darling criterion
    note: adopted
    mention: wikipedia://en/19456533#4VI6
    sections: [Statement]
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## Statement

The Anderson–Darling test is similar to the Cramér–von Mises criterion except that the integral is of a weighted version of the squared difference, where the weighting relates the variance of the empirical distribution function (Parr Schucany 1980, 616).