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is Inference After fitting a model to the data and validating it, scientific or engineering questions about the process are usually answered by computing statistical intervals for relevant process quantities using the model. These intervals give the range of plausible values for normal error distribution function the process parameters based on the data and the underlying assumptions about the process. Because

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of the statistical nature of the process, however, the intervals cannot always be guaranteed to include the true process parameters and still normal distribution standard deviation be narrow enough to be useful. Instead the intervals have a probabilistic interpretation that guarantees coverage of the true process parameters a specified proportion of the time. In order for these intervals to truly have their specified

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probabilistic interpretations, the form of the distribution of the random errors must be known. Although the form of the probability distribution must be known, the parameters of the distribution can be estimated from the data. Of course the random errors from different types of processes could be described by any one of a wide range of different probability distributions in general, including the uniform, triangular, double exponential, binomial and Poisson distributions. With most process poisson distribution error modeling methods, however, inferences about the process are based on the idea that the random errors are drawn from a normal distribution. One reason this is done is because the normal distribution often describes the actual distribution of the random errors in real-world processes reasonably well. The normal distribution is also used because the mathematical theory behind it is well-developed and supports a broad array of inferences on functions of the data relevant to different types of questions about the process. Non-Normal Random Errors May Result in Incorrect Inferences Of course, if it turns out that the random errors in the process are not normally distributed, then any inferences made about the process may be incorrect. If the true distribution of the random errors is such that the scatter in the data is less than it would be under a normal distribution, it is possible that the intervals used to capture the values of the process parameters will simply be a little longer than necessary. The intervals will then contain the true process parameters more often than expected. It is more likely, however, that the intervals will be too short or will be shifted away from the true mean value of the process parameter being estimated. This will result in intervals that contain the true process parameters less often than expec

for Normality Checks The histogram and the normal probability plot are used to check whether or not

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it is reasonable to assume that the random errors inherent in

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the process have been drawn from a normal distribution. The normality assumption is needed for the error error distribution for origin not found rates we are willing to accept when making decisions about the process. If the random errors are not from a normal distribution, incorrect decisions will be made more or http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/pmd/section2/pmd214.htm less frequently than the stated confidence levels for our inferences indicate. Normal Probability Plot The normal probability plot is constructed by plotting the sorted values of the residuals versus the associated theoretical values from the standard normal distribution. Unlike most residual scatter plots, however, a random scatter of points does not indicate that the assumption being checked http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/pmd/section4/pmd445.htm is met in this case. Instead, if the random errors are normally distributed, the plotted points will lie close to straight line. Distinct curvature or other signficant deviations from a straight line indicate that the random errors are probably not normally distributed. A few points that are far off the line suggest that the data has some outliers in it. Examples Normal probability plots for the Pressure/Temperature example, the Thermocouple Calibration example, and the Polymer Relaxation example are shown below. The normal probability plots for these three examples indicate that that it is reasonable to assume that the random errors for these processes are drawn from approximately normal distributions. In each case there is a strong linear relationship between the residuals and the theoretical values from the standard normal distribution. Of course the plots do show that the relationship is not perfectly deterministic (and it never will be), but the linear relationship is still clear. Since none of the points in these plots deviate much from the linear re