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An Objective Graphical Method for Testing Normal Distributional Assumptions using Probability Plots |
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| Authors: | David T Mage |
| Institution: | 1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Environmental Monitoring Systems Laboratory , Research Triangle Park, NC , 27711 , USA;2. Harvard University, School of Public Health, Department of Environmental Health Sciences , Boston , MA , 02115 , USA |
| 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: | Probability plot Graphical solution Kolmogorov-Smirnov test Critical values Goodness of fit |