[R] probability scale at y axis

[(Ted Harding)]

Now that I think of it:

 qqplot(x,qnorm(0.005+0.01*(0:99)),yaxt="n")
 axis(2, at=qnorm(p), label=p, las=1)

Ted.

On 20-Oct-04 Ted Harding wrote:
> Well, I think he probably meant something more like
> 
>  x <- sort(rnorm(100))
>  y<-0.5+(0:99)
>  p <- c(0.01, 0.05, 0.5, 0.95, 0.99)
>  plot(x,qnorm(y/100), yaxt="n")
>  axis(2, at=qnorm(p), label=p, las=1)
> 
> (From your plot, Andy, I would have inferred that the data
> were not normal! However, I like the elegance of your uses
> of "plot" and "axis".)
> 
> Best wishes,
> Ted.
> 
> On 20-Oct-04 Liaw, Andy wrote:
>> Do you mean something like:
>> 
>> y <- sort(rnorm(100))
>> plot(y, yaxt="n")
>> p <- c(0.01, 0.05, 0.5, 0.95, 0.99)
>> axis(2, at=qnorm(p), label=p, las=1)
>> 
>> ??
>> 
>> Andy
>> 
>>> From: Antonio Olinto
>>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I'd like to make a plot with a probability scale at y axis, 
>>> just like in the old
>>> probability paper.
>>> 
>>> I couldn't find how make it in R. Thanks for any hint.
>>> 
>>> Best regards,
>>> 
>>> Antonio Olinto
>>> 
>>> 
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