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Issue with PP-plot and different distributions

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Description

* Python version: Python 3.6.8
* numpy version: 1.14.3
* matplotlib version: 2.0.2
* mpl-probscale version: 0.2.3
* Operating System: MacOS Mojave 10.14.3

### Description

I tried modifying the examples from the documentation and created two PP-plots: one using Standard Normal Distribution as the theoretical distribution, another one using N(100, 5). And both plots look exactly the same (this is not true for QQ-plots). Am I missing something?

### What I Did

```
import warnings
warnings.simplefilter('ignore')

import numpy
from matplotlib import pyplot
import seaborn
from scipy import stats
import probscale
clear_bkgd = {'axes.facecolor':'none', 'figure.facecolor':'none'}
seaborn.set(style='ticks', context='talk', color_codes=True, rc=clear_bkgd)

# load up some example data from the seaborn package
tips = seaborn.load_dataset("tips")

%matplotlib inline
%config InlineBackend.figure_format ='retina'

common_opts = dict(
plottype='pp',
probax='x',
datascale='log',
datalabel='Total Bill (USD)',
scatter_kws=dict(marker='+', linestyle='none', mew=1)
)

norm = stats.norm(100, 5)

fig, (ax1, ax2) = pyplot.subplots(figsize=(10, 6), ncols=2, sharex=True)
fig = probscale.probplot(tips['total_bill'], ax=ax1, dist=norm,
problabel='N(100, 5) Probabilities', **common_opts)

fig = probscale.probplot(tips['total_bill'], ax=ax2, dist=None,
problabel='Standard Normal Probabilities', **common_opts)

seaborn.despine()
```

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Research direction

Start with the probscale.probplot call shown in the issue and compare the two dist arguments used for the PP-plots. Determine whether identical plots are expected for these distributions; completion would require documenting the behavior or resolving it if it is incorrect.

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Assessment

Tech stack
matplotlib, python
Domain
data-visualization
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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