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If the points fall approximately in a straight line, it can be concluded that the distribution is normal. Do you feel that this distribution is approximately normal? Explain your answer.

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QUESTION:

If the points fall approximately in a straight line, it can be concluded that the distribution is normal. Do you feel that this distribution is approximately normal? Explain your answer.

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If the points fall approximately in a straight line, it can be concluded that the distribution is normal.

Do you feel that this distribution is approximately normal?

Explain your answer.

Yes, we can conclude that the distribution is approximately normal.

Sometimes a researcher must decide whether a variable is normally distributed. There are several ways to do this.

One simple but very subjective method uses special graph paper, which is called normal probability paper.

Figure 1: Normal Probability Paper

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