Using JMP Student Edition, Third Edition

5 Distribution Platform Continuous Variable Graphs and Reports 115

5 Distribution: Single-Variable Statistics

Normal Quantile Plots

The Normal Quantile Plot option

adds a graph to the report that is used

to visualize the extent to which the

variable is normally distributed. If a

variable is normal, the normal quan-

tile plot is approximately a diagonal

straight line. This type of plot is

sometimes also called a quan-

tile-quantile plot, or q-q plot.

The Normal Quantile plot also shows

confidence bounds. If the data fall

within these confidence bounds, the

data are approximately normal.

Outlier Box Plots

The Outlier Box Plot is a schematic that shows ...