from scipy import stats import matplotlib.pyplot as plt nsample = 100 np.random.seed(7654321) # A t distribution with small degrees of freedom: ax1 = plt.subplot(221) x = stats.t.rvs(3, size=nsample) res = stats.probplot(x, plot=plt) # A t distribution with larger degrees of freedom: ax2 = plt.subplot(222) x = stats.t.rvs(25, size=nsample) res = stats.probplot(x, plot=plt) # A mixture of two normal distributions with broadcasting: ax3 = plt.subplot(223) x = stats.norm.rvs(loc=[0,5], scale=[1,1.5], size=(nsample//2,2)).ravel() res = stats.probplot(x, plot=plt) # A standard normal distribution: ax4 = plt.subplot(224) x = stats.norm.rvs(loc=0, scale=1, size=nsample) res = stats.probplot(x, plot=plt) # Produce a new figure with a loggamma distribution, using the ``dist`` and # ``sparams`` keywords: fig = plt.figure() ax = fig.add_subplot(111) x = stats.loggamma.rvs(c=2.5, size=500) res = stats.probplot(x, dist=stats.loggamma, sparams=(2.5,), plot=ax) ax.set_title("Probplot for loggamma dist with shape parameter 2.5") # Show the results with Matplotlib: plt.show()