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changeset 11765:9f1b322fe0a9 release-3-0-x
updated help for tcdf and tinv
author | jstickel@jstickel-10631s.nrel.gov |
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date | Tue, 29 Apr 2008 02:10:04 -0400 |
parents | 41ae2c287e3a |
children | 1434a2687447 |
files | scripts/ChangeLog scripts/statistics/distributions/tcdf.m scripts/statistics/distributions/tinv.m |
diffstat | 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/scripts/ChangeLog +++ b/scripts/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2008-04-29 Jonathan Stickel <jjstickel@vcn.com> + + * statistics/distributions/tcdf.m, statistics/distributions/tinv.m: + Doc fix. + 2008-04-21 John W. Eaton <jwe@octave.org> Version 3.0.1 released.
--- a/scripts/statistics/distributions/tcdf.m +++ b/scripts/statistics/distributions/tcdf.m @@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ ## -*- texinfo -*- ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} tcdf (@var{x}, @var{n}) -## For each element of @var{x}, compute the CDF at @var{x} of the -## t (Student) distribution with @var{n} degrees of freedom, i.e., -## PROB (t(@var{n}) <= @var{x}). +## For each element of @var{x}, compute the cumulative distribution +## function (CDF) at @var{x} of the t (Student) distribution with +## @var{n} degrees of freedom, i.e., PROB (t(@var{n}) <= @var{x}). ## @end deftypefn ## Author: KH <Kurt.Hornik@wu-wien.ac.at>
--- a/scripts/statistics/distributions/tinv.m +++ b/scripts/statistics/distributions/tinv.m @@ -18,9 +18,11 @@ ## -*- texinfo -*- ## @deftypefn {Function File} {} tinv (@var{x}, @var{n}) -## For each component of @var{x}, compute the quantile (the inverse of -## the CDF) at @var{x} of the t (Student) distribution with parameter -## @var{n}. +## For each probability value @var{x}, compute the the inverse of the +## cumulative distribution function (CDF) of the t (Student) +## distribution with degrees of freedom @var{n}. This function is +## analagous to looking in a table for the t-value of a single-tailed +## distribution. ## @end deftypefn ## For very large n, the "correct" formula does not really work well,