[R] ecdf

[David Winsemius]

The OP wrote me privately to say that the errant documantation was at:


> http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/S/Harrell/help/Hmisc/html/ecdf.html

That is a rather old bit of information. It dates back to a time when  
Frank's address was at the the University of Virginia. In 2003 he  
moved to Vanderbilt so that page dates from some year prior to 2003.  
(And it may not currently be under the control of anyone given its  
quasi-archival status.)

-- 
David.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Winsemius [mailto:dwinsemius at comcast.net]
> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 10:25 AM
> To: Downey, Patrick
> Cc: ONKELINX, Thierry; R help
> Subject: Re: [R] ecdf
>
>
> On Apr 19, 2010, at 9:12 AM, Downey, Patrick wrote:
>
>> Hi Thierry,
>>
>> That worked perfectly. Thanks for the suggestion.
>>
>> For reference, in the documentation, it
>
> What is "it"?
>
>> never lists {Hmisc}'s function as
>> starting with E instead of e.
>
> Every instance of the documentation in the r help system using ??ecdf
> that I can find for Hmisc's version has it properly capitalized. I
> have Hmisc_3.7-0
>
>> I don't know who's in charge of
>> documentation
>
> It would be the package maintainer if there were a problem.
>
>> , but that
>
> What is "that"?
>
> -- 
> David
>
>> should probably be corrected.
>>
>> Thanks again.
>>
>> -Mitch
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: ONKELINX, Thierry [mailto:Thierry.ONKELINX at inbo.be]
>> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2010 9:08 AM
>> To: Downey, Patrick; R help
>> Subject: RE: [R] ecdf
>>
>> R is case sensitive. ecdf() is in the stats package, Ecdf() is in
>> Hmisc.
>> So you want Ecdf(x,what='1-F')
>>
>> Thierry
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>>> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
>>> Van: r-help-bounces at r-project.org
>>> [mailto:r-help-bounces at r-project.org] Namens Downey, Patrick
>>> Verzonden: maandag 19 april 2010 15:04
>>> Aan: R help
>>> Onderwerp: [R] ecdf
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I'd like to plot an empirical cumulative distribution
>>> function, except instead of the fraction of values < x, I'd
>>> like the fraction of values > x.
>>>
>>>
>>> I think this can be done using the ecdf function in {Hmisc}.
>>> I installed the package and loaded it. However, when
>>> following the example given in the documentation, I get an error:
>>>
>>> x <- rnorm(100)
>>> ecdf(x,what='1-F')
>>> Error in ecdf(x, what = "1-F") : unused argument(s) (what = "1-F")
>>>
>>> I believe that this is because R is attempting to access the
>>> ecdf function in base R, which does not have the what option.
>>> Am I correct, and if so, how can I change that?
>>>
>>> Note: I also tried to "do it myself" without the {Hmisc} ecdf
>>> function, and couldn't figure out a way.
>>>
>>> x2 <- 1-ecdf(x)
>>>
>>> doesn't work, and neither does
>>>
>>> x2 <- rep(0,times=100)
>>> for(i in 1:100){
>>> x2[i] <- 1-ecdf(x)[i]
>>> }
>>>
>>> Both result in errors.
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance for any suggestions you can offer.
>>>
>>> -Mitch
>>>
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> David Winsemius, MD
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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT