DrawQQplot

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DrawQQplot(*args)

Draw a QQ-plot.

Refer to Using QQ-plot to compare two samples.

Available usages:

VisualTest.DrawQQplot(sample1, sample2, n_points)

VisualTest.DrawQQplot(sample1, distribution);

Parameters

sample1, sample22-d sequences of float

Tested samples.

ditributionDistribution

Tested model.

n_pointsint, optional

The number of points that is used for interpolating the empirical CDF of the two samples (with possibly different sizes).

It will default to DistributionImplementation-DefaultPointNumber from the ResourceMap.

Returns

graphGraph

The graph object

Notes

The QQ-plot is a visual fitting test for univariate distributions. It opposes the sample quantiles to those of the tested quantity (either a distribution or another sample) by plotting the following points cloud:

where denotes the empirical CDF of the (first) tested sample and denotes either the quantile function of the tested distribution or the empirical quantile function of the second tested sample.

If the given sample fits to the tested distribution or sample, then the points should be close to be aligned (up to the uncertainty associated with the estimation of the empirical probabilities) with the first bissector whose equation reads:

Examples

>>> import openturns as ot
>>> from openturns.viewer import View

Generate a random sample from a Normal distribution:

>>> ot.RandomGenerator.SetSeed(0)
>>> distribution = ot.WeibullMin(2.0, 0.5)
>>> sample = distribution.getSample(30)
>>> sample.setDescription(['Sample'])

Draw a QQ-plot against a given (inferred) distribution:

>>> tested_distribution = ot.WeibullMinFactory().build(sample)
>>> QQ_plot = ot.VisualTest.DrawQQplot(sample, tested_distribution)
>>> View(QQ_plot).show()

Draw a two-sample QQ-plot:

>>> another_sample = distribution.getSample(50)
>>> another_sample.setDescription(['Another sample'])
>>> QQ_plot = ot.VisualTest.DrawQQplot(sample, another_sample)
>>> View(QQ_plot).show()