An Objective Graphical Method for Testing Normal Distributional Assumptions using Probability Plots
- 1 May 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The American Statistician
- Vol. 36 (2) , 116-120
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00031305.1982.10482801
Abstract
Formulas for plotting probability and techniques for subjectively drawing lines on probability plots are reviewed. A method is presented for plotting data and drawing an objective line on the probability plot to obtain a test of the distributional assumption.Keywords
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