[R] Is there something wrong with R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25) -- "Frisbee Sailing"?

[(Ted Harding)]

On 16-Oct-2013 14:54:00 tom soyer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> pnorm(-1.53,0,1) under version 3.0.2 gives 0.05155075. I am pretty sure it
> should be 0.063. Is there something wrong with this version of R?
> 
> I am using:
> R version 3.0.2 (2013-09-25) -- "Frisbee Sailing"
> Copyright (C) 2013 The R Foundation for Statistical Computing
> Platform: i686-pc-linux-gnu (32-bit)
> -- 
> Tom

If you did exactly as you describe, then something is indeed wrong:

  pnorm(-1.53,0,1)
  # [1] 0.06300836
  [R version 2.11.0 (2010-04-22)]

as you expected.

However:

  qnorm(0.05155075)
  [1] -1.63

so maybe you mistyped "1.63" instead of "1.53"?

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Date: 16-Oct-2013  Time: 16:12:56
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