[R] ecdf

[David Winsemius]

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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