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We generate some random variates from a non-normal distribution and make a
probability plot for it, to show it is non-normal in the tails:

>>> fig = plt.figure()
>>> ax1 = fig.add_subplot(211)
>>> x = stats.loggamma.rvs(5, size=500) + 5
>>> prob = stats.probplot(x, dist=stats.norm, plot=ax1)
>>> ax1.set_xlabel('')
>>> ax1.set_title('Probplot against normal distribution')

We now use `yeojohnson` to transform the data so it's closest to normal:

>>> ax2 = fig.add_subplot(212)
>>> xt, lmbda = stats.yeojohnson(x)
>>> prob = stats.probplot(xt, dist=stats.norm, plot=ax2)
>>> ax2.set_title('Probplot after Yeo-Johnson transformation')

>>> plt.show()

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