SIX SIGMA Glossary: Normal Probability Plot

The Normal Probability Plot is a graphical method for testing normality and identifying points that do not conform to a normal distribution. The values are plotted on a special graph paper called 'Normal Probability Paper'. The 'y' axis of normal probability paper has a non-linear scale spaced so that points that conform to a normal distribution form a straight line:

normal probability plot

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