A very large corporation does research into the variability of reimbursed expenditures and finds that these expenses should follow a normal distribution. Expenditures from 1000 reimbursement requests from reimbursed expenditures are evaluated for normality using the Minitab plot shown here. Which statement is most accurate?
The expenditures appear to be non-normal because they adhere closely to a linear pattern instead of a bell-shaped curve.
The expenditures appear to be normal because they adhere closely to a linear pattern.
The expenditures appear to be non-normal because they evidence a positive slope instead of a negative slope.
The expenditures appear to be normal because there is very little space between the dots on the graph.
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