Question

Carbon dioxide emissions The figure below is a Normal probability plot of the emissions of carbon dioxide per person in $48$countries.${}^{15}$In what ways is this distribution non-Normal?

Short answer

When we see a graph with a lot of small values and a few larger values, this is referred to as a right-skewed distribution.

Step-by-step solution

Given Information

This figure shows the average carbon dioxide emissions from$48$countrieslocalid="1649756363897" ${}^{15}$, normalized by probability.

Explanation

The distribution is described as follows:

• Normally distributed data is close to linear on the normal probability plot.
• The distribution is not normal.
• In the normal probability plot, we observe a non-linear pattern caused by many small $C_2$emissions.
• The right-skewed distribution can be described as a graph with many small values and some large values.