[R] tail probability

[David Winsemius]

On Jun 24, 2009, at 8:01 PM, Roslina Zakaria wrote:

> Hi r-users,
>
> If I have 100000 data generated from multi skew-t distribution, how  
> do I find the tail probability of alpha=.01?

You have given us the tail probability, so I assume you are asking for  
the the value of x above which the tail probability is 0.01.

Perhaps the examples here:
?ecdf

or perhaps

x[order(x)][99000]

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David Winsemius, MD
Heritage Laboratories
West Hartford, CT