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Checking Normality in R with swirl

Author(s): Bill Morgan

The College of Wooster

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How to use the "three-prong" approach to check for normality

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Version 1.0 - published on 13 Jan 2020 doi:10.25334/PQ79-N018 - cite this

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This lesson introduces students to the three-pronged approach for checking normality. During the lesson, students visualize the distribution of a continuous numerical variable in a biological data set using histograms and normal quantile plots, and perform a goodness-of-fit test. By comparing their outputs to a known normally distributed variable, students are able to correctly interpret the results of this three-pronged approach when working with data that deviates from a normal distribution.

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