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Statistics[QuantilePlot] - generate quantile-quantile plots
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Calling Sequence
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QuantilePlot(X, Y, options, plotoptions)
QuantilePlot['interactive'](X, Y)
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Parameters
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X
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first data sample
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second data sample
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(optional) equation(s) of the form option=value where option is one of color, method, reference, or samplesize; specify options for generating the quantile-quantile plot
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plotoptions
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options to be passed to the plots[display] command
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Description
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The QuantilePlot command generates a quantile-quantile plot for the specified data.
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The first parameter X is the first data sample - given as a Vector or list.
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The second parameter Y is the second data sample - given as a Vector or list.
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Options
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The options argument can contain one or more of the options shown below. All unrecognized options will be passed to the plots[display] command. See plot[options] for details.
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color=name, list, or range
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This option specifies colors for the points and for the reference line. When a list of colors is given, the set of points and the reference line will be colored with the corresponding colors in the list. If a range of colors is given, the colors will be generated by selecting an appropriate number of equally-spaced points in the corresponding hue range.
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If reference is set to true, the reference line  will be drawn in the same plot. Default value is true.
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The number of points to be plotted. The quantiles taken will be  for  The default value is 25.
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Examples
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Create three random samples.
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The command to create the plot from the Plotting Guide using the data above is
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