[R] finding ncp for t distribution

[Dimitris Rizopoulos]

you could try the following:

f <- function(delta, pr, x, df) pt(x, df = df, ncp = delta) - pr
out <- uniroot(f, c(0, 37.62), pr = 0.18, x = 0.9, df = 4)
##########3
out$root
pt(0.9, 4, out$root)


I hope it helps.

Best,
Dimitris

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthieu Dubois" <Matthieu.Dubois at psp.ucl.ac.be>
To: <r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 9:39 AM
Subject: [R] finding ncp for t distribution


> Dear R-users,
>
>
> I am wondering whether R implements a function returning the non 
> central
> parameter of a t distribution (equivalent of the TnoncT function 
> from
> SAS), given /x/ a value from a t distribution, /df /the  degrees of
> freedom and /p/ the probability of x under this  distribution.
>
>
> Thanks  a lot,
>
>
> Matthieu
>
>
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> Matthieu Dubois, /Ph.D/. /Student/
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> Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, UCL, Belgium
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