[R] how to display a string containing greek chrs and variables

[J.delasHeras at ed.ac.uk]

Quoting Peter Ehlers <ehlers at ucalgary.ca>:

> J.delasHeras at ed.ac.uk wrote:
>> Quoting baptiste auguie <baptiste.auguie at googlemail.com>:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> try this,
>>>
>>> plot.new()
>>> x=0.8
>>> text(0.5, 0.5, bquote(rho == .(x)))
>>>
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>>
>>> baptiste
>>
>>
>> Aha!
>>
>> That does exactly what i wanted! Thanks!
>>
>> Jose
>
> But does it do what it should? It's customary to use
> "rho" for a _population_ correlation coefficient. If your
> (x,y) values represent a _sample_, then it would probably
> be more appropriate to use the more mundane "r" or
> perhaps "rho-hat".


I'm talking rank correlation, Spearman's rho.

Jose

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