A new goodness of fit test for normal distribution based on Stein's characterization

Abstract: In this paper, we develop a simple non-parametric test for testing normal distribution based on the distance between empirical zero-bias transformation and empirical distribution. The asymptotic properties of the test statistic are studied. The finite sample performance of the proposed test is evaluated through a Monte Carlo simulation study. The power of our test is compared with several other tests for normality. We illustrate the test procedure using two real data sets. We also develop a jackknife empirical likelihood ratio test for standard normal distribution.