[R] references for qqnorm

[Renaud Lancelot]

Uwe Ligges wrote:
> 
> Erin Hodgess wrote:
> >
> > Dear R People:
> >
> > On the functions qqnorm and qqline, (found in the base package),
> > what are the references, please?
> >
> > This is R for Windows, Version 1.4.1.
> 
> To refer to the functions themselves, I'd suggest to cite the R
> Reference Manual (collection of help pages):
> "The R Environment for Statistical Computing and Graphics".
> BTW 1: The recent version (included in R-1.5.0) got also an ISBN number,
> as well as the other manuals.
> BTW 2: Citing  R&R (1996 ?): "R: A Language for Data Analysis and
> Graphics" (in JCGS) is never a bad idea. ;-)
> 
> To the underlying methods ... you will find it in almost every
> statistical basics textbook. I would cite one of those, if there is
> really need to cite a standard method like a quantile-quantile plot.

My favourite one is:

Cleveland, W.S., 1993. Visualizing data. Summit, New Jersey, Hobart
Press, 360 p.

Best,

Renaud

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