Y m be independent random variables with common distribution G .
Assume F and G are continuous and unknown. We propose a test based on the L 1 distance between density estimates for F and G . A simulation experiment is used to compare this statistic to others under both bootstrap and permutation resampling procedures. The L 1 -distance method compares quite favorably. David L. Allen is Associate Professor, Mathematics Department, Eastern Oregon State College, La Grande, OR 97850.