"Marc Belisle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > One of my student spotted something I can't explain: a probability >1 vs a > normal probability density function. > > > dnorm(x=1, mean=1, sd=0.4) > [1] 0.9973557 > > > dnorm(x=1, mean=1, sd=0.39) > [1] 1.022929 > > > dnorm(x=1, mean=1, sd=0.3) > [1] 1.329808 > > > dnorm(x=1, mean=1, sd=0.1) > [1] 3.989423 > > > dnorm(x=1, mean=1, sd=0.01) > [1] 39.89423 > > > dnorm(x=1, mean=1, sd=0.001) > [1] 398.9423 > > Is there a bug with the algorithm?
No. dnorm does not return probabilities - it returns a probability density which can be greater than 1. ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
