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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 5, hypergeometric distribution

February 21, 2011
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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 5, hypergeometric distribution

This is a little digression from Chapter 5 of Using R for Introductory Statistics that led me to the hypergeometric distribution.

Question 5.13 A sample of 100 people is drawn from a population of 600,000. If it is known that 40% of the population has a specific attribute, what is the probability that 35 or...

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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 5, hypergeometric distribution

February 21, 2011
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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 5, hypergeometric distribution

This is a little digression from Chapter 5 of Using R for Introductory Statistics that led me to the hypergeometric distribution. Question 5.13 A sample of 100 people is drawn from a population of 600,000. If it is known that 40% of the population h...

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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 5, Probability Distributions

February 9, 2011
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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 5, Probability Distributions

In Chapter 5 of Using R for Introductory Statistics we get a brief introduction to probability and, as part of that, a few common probability distributions. Specifically, the normal, binomial, exponential and lognormal distributions make an appearance....

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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 5, Probability Distributions

February 9, 2011
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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 5, Probability Distributions

In Chapter 5 of Using R for Introductory Statistics we get a brief introduction to probability and, as part of that, a few common probability distributions. Specifically, the normal, binomial, exponential and lognormal distributions make an appearance.

For each distribution, R provides four functions whose names start with the letters d, p, q or r followed by...

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Annotated source code

February 1, 2011
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Annotated source code

We programmers are told that reading code is a good idea. It may be good for you, but it's hard work. Jeremy Ashkenas has come up with a simple tool that makes it easier: docco. Ashkenas is also behind underscore.js and coffeescript, a dialect of ja...

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Annotated source code

February 1, 2011
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Annotated source code

We programmers are told that reading code is a good idea. It may be good for you, but it's hard work. Jeremy Ashkenas has come up with a simple tool that makes it easier: docco. Ashkenas is also behind underscore.js and coffeescript, a dialect of ja...

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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 5

January 23, 2011
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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 5

Any good stats book has to cover a bit of basic probability. That's the purpose of Chapter 5 of Using R for Introductory Statistics, starting with a few definitions:

Random variable
A random number drawn from a population. A random variable is a variable for which we define a range of possible values and...

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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 5

January 23, 2011
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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 5

Any good stats book has to cover a bit of basic probability. That's the purpose of Chapter 5 of Using R for Introductory Statistics, starting with a few definitions: Random variable A random number drawn from a population. A random variable is ...

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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 4, Model Formulae

January 10, 2011
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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 4, Model Formulae

Several R functions take model formulae as parameters. Model formulae are symbolic expressions. They define a relationship between variables rather than an arithmetic expression to be evaluated immediately. Model formulae are defined with the tilde ope...

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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 4, Model Formulae

January 10, 2011
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Using R for Introductory Statistics, Chapter 4, Model Formulae

Several R functions take model formulae as parameters. Model formulae are symbolic expressions. They define a relationship between variables rather than an arithmetic expression to be evaluated immediately. Model formulae are defined with the tilde ope...

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