[R] t-distribution

[(Ted Harding)]

On 01-Aug-07 19:18:05, Bill.Venables at csiro.au wrote:
> Well, is "t = 1.11" all that accurate in the first place?  :-)
> 
> In fact, reading beween the lines of the original enquiry, what the
> person probably wanted was something like
> 
> ta <- pt(-1.11, 9) + pt(1.11, 9, lower.tail = FALSE)
> 
> which is the two-sided t-test tail area.
> 
> The teller of the parable will usually leave some things unexplained...
> 
> Bill. 

However: "Those who have ears to hear, let them hear!"
Ted.

--------------------------------------------------------------------
E-Mail: (Ted Harding) <ted.harding at nessie.mcc.ac.uk>
Fax-to-email: +44 (0)870 094 0861
Date: 01-Aug-07                                       Time: 20:43:53
------------------------------ XFMail ------------------------------