[R] Distribution and location scale family

[R. Michael Weylandt]

This has the distinctive sound of homework and we unfortunately can't
help with that.

You might want to look at fitdistr in the MASS package though.

Best of luck to you though,
Michael

On Thu, Jun 21, 2012 at 7:10 AM, Noor.v.d.Assem
<noor.v.d.assem at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> For some dataset I have made a histogram, boxplot en qqplot.
> http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/file/n4634093/Naamloos.jpg
>
> Investigate the data with the given functions for making QQ-plots and find
> an appropriate location-scale family for the underlying distribution of this
> sample. Apart from giving a proper location-scale  family, also specify the
> member of the location-scale family that is most close to the underlying
> distribution of the data, in other words, give estimates for the location
> and scale of the underlying distribution of the data.
>
> I think it is from a t-distribution because the qqplot has some slight
> tails.
>
> Please some guidance in the right direction: how can I obtain the location,
> scale and underlying distribution?
> (I am not looking for answering the question but more in general information
> about to obtain location, scale and underlying distribution so I can apply
> that information myself to answer the questin)
>
> Noor
>
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