[R] Strange results for Beta Distribution

[(Ted Harding)]

On 09-Nov-04 parrinel at med.unibs.it wrote:
> Dear All,
> I got these results from the example in the function "dbeta":
> 
>>x <- seq(0, 1, length=21)
>>      dbeta(x, 1, 1)
>  [1] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
> Any Idea?

The density function for Beta(p,q) is (x^(p-1))*((1-x)^(q-1))/B(p,q).
In your example, p = q = 1, so the density function is 1 everywhere.

Best wishes,
Ted.


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