PROBABILITY PLOTS AND DISTRIBUTION CURVES FOR ASSESSING THE FIT OF PROBABILITY-MODELS

被引:36
作者
GAN, FF
KOEHLER, KJ
THOMPSON, JC
机构
[1] IOWA STATE UNIV SCI & TECHNOL,DEPT STAT,AMES,IA 50011
[2] DOANE MKT RES,CREVE COEUR,MO 63011
关键词
GOODNESS OF FIT; P-P PLOT; Q-Q PLOT;
D O I
10.2307/2685233
中图分类号
O21 [概率论与数理统计]; C8 [统计学];
学科分类号
020208 ; 070103 ; 0714 ;
摘要
Properties of P-P and Q-Q probability plots for visually assessing the fit of probability models are reviewed. It is shown how to construct families of curves for standardized P-P plots, which are useful for identifying viable alternatives to a proposed probability model. The effectiveness of such curves is illustrated with plots of real and simulated data. Percentiles of a related correlation test of goodness of fit are presented for testing the fit of either the normal, exponential, or Gumbel distribution with unknown location and scale parameters.
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