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In a normal Q-Q plot, we expect to see data points line up to form a straight line when they are random samples from a normal distribution. As in almost all statistical rules, this expectation is literally an “expectation†or what we expect to see on average. When the sample size of the data is small, a normal Q-Q plot may not entirely resemble a straight line even when the data points are truly random samples from a normal distribution. Use my.qqnorm (rnorm (20)) repeatedly to draw several normal Q-Q plots, each using 20 random numbers drawn from the standard normal distribution to see the likely departure from a straight line.