[en] Statistical tests are applied to a sequence of 1/2⁺ resonances in ⁵⁶Fe(p,p) and the results are compared with predictions of the random matrix model. The target nucleus and proton energy were chosen to yield favorable level densities, strength functions, and Coulomb penetrabilities. In addition, the TUNL high resolution system provides excellent sensitivity to small resonances. These points combine to yield a fairly pure and complete sequence, as indicated by the Dyson F statistic and the Dyson-Metha Δ₃ statistic. Good agreement is found with the orthogonal ensemble predictions for the long and short range spacing correlations, and for the widths of the k-th nearest neighbor spacing distributions for k = 0 to 10. (orig.)