Full_Name: Richard Huggins Version: 1.7.1 OS: windows 2000 Submission from: (NULL) (131.172.4.44)
> x<-rnorm(100,2,1) > mean(x) [1] 1.73299 > summary(fivenum(x)) Min. 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Max. -0.3655 1.1070 1.7430 1.7320 2.3840 3.7910 > summary(x) Min. 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Max. -0.3655 1.1070 1.7430 1.7330 2.3830 3.7910 > y<-log(abs(x)) > summary(fivenum(y)) Min. 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Max. -3.5950 0.1020 0.5555 -0.1472 0.8688 1.3330 > mean(y) [1] 0.2878568 > summary(y) Min. 1st Qu. Median Mean 3rd Qu. Max. -3.5950 0.1021 0.5555 0.2879 0.8683 1.3330 summary(fivenum(x)) gives the wrong mean ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-devel