I'm newbie and bit lost… Can someone help me read this result from SPSS 1-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test (poisson distribution).
SUBKEY1 SUBKEY2 SUBKEY3 SUBKEY4 SUBKEY5
N 128 128 128 128 128
Poisson Parametera,,b Mean .4609 .4609 .4922 .5156 .4922
Most Extreme Differences Absolute .092 .092 .103 .113 .103
Positive .079 .079 .088 .095 .088
Negative -.092 -.092 -.103 -.113 -.103
Kolmogorov-Smirnov Z 1.037 1.037 1.171 1.276 1.171
Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) .233 .233 .129 .077 .129
From the result above, I define (in simple words):
Ho = satisfied
Ha = not satisfied
but I don't know how to specify the level significance for this test and I don't know whether have to read Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) (p-value) or Kolmogorov-Smirnov Z (D value) to be compare with critical value…
Best Answer
If $\alpha = .05$ is conventional in your field, I would simply state, "A one-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test failed to reject the null hypothesis that the data followed the Poisson distribution (D = .092, .092, .103, .113, and .103 respectively for variables 1-5, N = 128 each, and p > .05 each)." You can also report that you set $\alpha = .05$ in your methods section. Note that $Z \approx \sqrt{n} D$ in the SPSS output and that the "Asymp. Sig." (p-values) in the output should be based on critical values of the Kolmogorov distribution to which $Z$ converges in distribution (see here for a description). However, you don't need to find or report these critical values -- I would just report the test statistics and p-value in the manner above.