Dear Prof. Ripley,

thank you for your fast answer.
But which book do you mean?
I can't find an MASS book.
Do you mean the R book?

Best wishes,
Ralph



Am Samstag, den 07.03.2009, 21:24 +0000 schrieb Prof Brian Ripley:

> It is an example (both via asymptotic theory and the bootstrap) in 
> chapter 5 of MASS (the book).  The functions used are in the scripts 
> of the MASS package, but you will need to understand the theory being 
> used as described in the book.
> 
> On Sat, 7 Mar 2009, Ralph Scherer wrote:
> 
> > Dear all,
> >
> > is it possible to estimate a standard error for the median?
> > And is there a function in R for this?
> > I want to use it to describe a skewed distribution.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Ralph
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