Various methods for this sort of thing are found in the marvelous
compilation by M. Zelen and N. C. Severo, 1964, Probability functions,
pp. 925-995, in M. Abramowitz and I. Stegun (eds.), Handbok of
Mathematical Functions, National Bureau of Standards, Wsahington, D.C.
(1965 edition by Dover Publications, New York).
You'll have to write the computer code for these methods.
Jerrold H. Zar, Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
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Hello;
I am trying to write some code which will churn
out a set of values representing the cumulative
density function of the Student t-distribution,
for a given probability and range of DFs.
Can anyone tell me what I should be trying to
code?
I can find dozens of tables which list the values
I want, and dozens of applets which generate the
values I want, but I need an algorithm which will
allow me to generate these values on the fly,
given the user's "certainty".
I need to know which "X value" corresponds to
given "area under the t-distribution".
Any pointers to papers or URLs, would be much
appreciated.
Neil
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