Concept explainers
To find: whether the given measurements are approximately
Answer to Problem 12CRE
Yes, the given data are normally distributed
Explanation of Solution
Given:
Calculation:
From the given normal probability plot, it is observed that there exists points are falling in a bow form (which is not straight line). There are some points (outliers) which are too far from the remaining data.
This indicates that the distribution of the data is right-skewed with several outliers. In other words, this data is not normally distributed.
Conclusion:
Therefore, the given data is not normally distributed.
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