Probability Plotting Methods for the Analysis of Data

WILK, M. B., & GNANADESIKAN, R. (1968). Probability Plotting Methods for the Analysis of Data. Biometrika, 55(1), 1-17.

Type

Journal article

Intellectual base

Primary research

Year

1968

Volume

55

Issue

1

Pages

1-17

DOI

10.1093/biomet/55.1.1

DOI registrant

Oxford University Press

Link

https://doi.org/10.1093/biomet/55.1.1

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Domain-specific

• Quantile–Quantile Plot
  • Wilk and Gnanadesikan introduced Q–Q plots as part of a general probability-plotting toolkit for comparing samples and distributions.

Mechanisms

• Quantile-Quantile Residual Check
  • Its strength is that it is the sharpest available look at tail behaviour and distributional assumptions

    This sourceIntroduces Q–Q and related probability plots for comparing samples and distributions and assessing analyzed data.

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