On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Gundala Viswanath<gunda...@gmail.com> wrote: > How do people usually use the result of density function (e.g. dnorm)? > Especially when its value can be greater than 1. > > What do they do with such density >1? > >> dnorm(2.02,2,.24) > [1] 1.656498
There are countless uses. E.g., when viewed as a function of the parameters it is a likelihood, allowing one to estimate parameters given data... hth, Kingsford > > > - G.V. > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.