Chapter 6: Q5 (page 281)
Interpreting Normal Quantile Plots. In Exercises 5鈥8, examine the normal quantile plot and determine whether the sample data appear to be from a population with a normal distribution.Ages of Presidents The normal quantile plot represents the ages of presidents of the United States at the times of their inaugurations. The data are from Data Set 15 鈥淧residents鈥 in Appendix B.
Short Answer
Since the points on the plot lie lose to the straight line, the sample of the ages of US presidents at the time of their inaugurations appears to be from a normally distributed population.