Hello... Is it possible to use "density" or another kernel density estimator to identify the mode of a distribution? When I use 'density', the resulting density plot of my data is much cleaner than the original noisy histogram, and I can clearly see the signal that I am interested in. E.g., suppose my data is actually drawn from two or more normal (or other) distributions. Looking at the kernel density plots, it seems that the estimator gives a good approximation of the modal values of each distribution, but I can't figure out how to obtain these values short of visually estimating the location of the mode using the plot(density).
Is there a relatively easy way to do this? Thanks in advance for your help! Dan Rabosky Dan Rabosky Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University Ithaca, NY14853-2701 USA web: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/evb/Graduates_Dan.htm ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
