[R] Inversion function of dnorm ?
Martin Maechler
maechler at stat.math.ethz.ch
Thu Nov 24 09:31:33 CET 2005
>>>>> "Huang-Wen" == Huang-Wen Chen <chenh at seas.upenn.edu>
>>>>> on Thu, 24 Nov 2005 02:51:18 -0500 writes:
Huang-Wen> Hi,
Huang-Wen> In R, qnorm is the inversion function of pnorm. (c.d.f)
Huang-Wen> But there is no inversion function for dnorm. (p.d.f).
Huang-Wen> Is there any easy (and quick) way to compute the inversion function of p.d.f
Huang-Wen> in R ?
Hmm, please do think again!
About what definition of "inversion" have you been thinking? The usual
one is surely undefined for a non-monotone function like dnorm() !
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