[R] about "pnorm"

[Daniel Nordlund]

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> Subject: [R] about "pnorm"
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> As to the function"pnorm",the default degree of freedom(df) is infinite.
> 
> I wanna know how to set the df as I want.
> 
> Help on pnorm doesn't have df setting.The only choice are:"mean, sd, lower.tail,
> log.p",but no df.
> 
> For instance:
> sample size=6
> df=6-1=5
> t value=9.143
> 
> I wanna to the corresponding p value by using function "pnorm".
> How can I do it?
> 
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> 
> Thanks a lot for your help!
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> My best
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If you are using t-values with small degrees of freedom, shouldn't you be using pt() rather than pnorm().

Try pt(9.143, 5).

Dan Nordlund
Bothell, WA