[R] newbie question about beta distribution

[Gabor Grothendieck]

 <faisal99 <at> inf.its-sby.edu> writes:

: 
: hi everyone,
: I'm still a newbie in statistics,
: 
: I have a question about beta distribution, that is,
: 
: On the ref/tutorials I've found on the net, why beta distribution always
: have value p(x) more than 1?


Consider the uniform distribution on the interval (0, 1/a) whose 
probability density graph is a horizontal line at a.  If a > 1 then 
the probability density is greater than 1 for every point of its support
showing the the density can indeed exceed 1.

: As I know, any probability density function always have value not more
: than 1?
: 
: is there any one who can explain to me, I'm not statistics people, but I
: need to code that needing some of this distribution function.
: