In addition to the types of normality test categorized by seier (2002) above, there are also other types of normality test. One of these types is called the moment tests. Moment tests are those derived from the recognition that the departure of normality may be detected based on the sample moments which are the skewness and kurtosis. The procedures for individual skewness and kurtosis tests can be found in D'Agostino and Stephens (1986). The two most widely known are the tests proposed by D'Agostino-Pearson (1973) and Jarque-Bera (1987). The D'Agostino and Pearson test statistic is