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tag: F387A4FVME
kind: statement
role: proposition
name: Kolmogorov–Smirnov criterion
sources:
  - wikipedia: en:19456533@r1230480653
    locator: Minimum-distance estimation, section Statistics used in estimation > Kolmogorov–Smirnov criterion
    note: adopted
    mention: wikipedia://en/19456533#20DS
    sections: [Statement]
inventory: [DBW8RFK661]
---

## Statement

The Kolmogorov–Smirnov test uses the supremum of the [[absolute difference|0KXJTZSW9B]] between the empirical and the estimated distribution functions (Parr Schucany 1980, 616).