Normal Quantile Plot The accompanying normal quantile plot was obtained from the Flight 19 departure delay times. What does this graph tell us?

Short Answer

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The observations do not form a linear pattern, fall on a straight line. Thus the graph implies that the observations for flight 19 are not taken from a normal distribution.

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Given information

The flight 19 departure delay times are depicted on a normal quantile plot.

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Describe a normal quartile plot

The green straight line is depicted in the graph along with the dots, which represent the observation of departure delay times for flight 19.

The quartile plot represents the z-scores versus observations.

The inference from the quartile plot:

  • If the observations follow a straight line pattern, the observations are inferred to be taken from a normal population.
  • If the observations do not follow a straight line or follow a curvilinear pattern, the observations are inferred not to be taken from a normal population.
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Infer the result from the plot

As the observations do not follow close to straight-line patterns, it can be inferred the observations are not taken from a normal distribution.

Also, as one observation lies to the extreme end, it can be determined that there exists an outlier in the data set.

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