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Is data comes from a normal distribution? i am new in statistics but what i learn i can say because points between third and first quantile lie on the qqline. But one thing that confuses me is that boxplot of the (quantile plot data where an outliers is also) has larger whisker to the down side then upside but median lies in center. can someone tell me if data comes from normal distribution?

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Khan Saab
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  • Why do you need these variables to be normal? – Glen_b Dec 05 '16 at 01:35
  • @Glen_b i want to use test-statistics to compare the means of both variables. Whether mean of X is less than mean of y. – Khan Saab Dec 05 '16 at 16:14
  • There are ways to test for a difference in means without having to assume normality. (for example, via a permutation test) ... 2. However, the t-test is not badly affected by mild deviations from normality; one pretty mild outlier.should present no great problem. There would be little issue with simply performing a t-test
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  • thanks :-) and i am new in statistics so i know limited methods only :( – Khan Saab Dec 05 '16 at 21:49