A Poissonness Plot

Citation
C. Hoaglin, David, A Poissonness Plot, American statistician , 34(3), 1980, pp. 146-149
Journal title
ISSN journal
00031305
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
1980
Pages
146 - 149
Database
ACNP
SICI code
Abstract
A graphical technique, similar in spirit to probability plotting, can be used to judge whether a Poisson model is appropriate for an observed frequency distribution.This .Poissonness plot. can equally be applied to truncated Poisson situations.It provides a type of robustness for detecting isolated discrepancies in otherwise well-behaved frequency distributions.