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 ...
De Moivre's original derivation of the normal curve in a 7 page Note in Latin and its English translations in the 1738 and 1756 editions of his The Doctrine of Chances are described. Karl Pearson's ...