I think it's fine to teach a nonparametric statistics course, and it's fine to compute the power of the sign test. However, your question is not about using R in teaching. It is just about using R to compute probabilities under a Laplace distribution. Your question does not belong on this listserv; it should go to the main r-help listserv instead. This has been pointed out to you several times and yet you keep doing this, which I suspect annoys people.
As far as your substantive question goes, did you try Googling "r laplace distribution"? I get a number of useful hits. On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 8:40 AM, AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear All: > > I am teaching a nonparametric course, and want to compute the power of the > sign test assuming that the x's has laplace distribution under Ha. > > what is wrong with that. > > any way thank you very much > > > with thanks > abou > > On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 8:38 AM, Martin Maechler < > [email protected] > > wrote: > > > >>>>> AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa <[email protected]> > > >>>>> on Tue, 18 Apr 2017 06:52:11 -0400 writes: > > > > > Dear All: good morning Suppose X has a Laplace > > > distribution with mean 105 and variance 100. > > > > > > > *How to compute the probability P(X > 100) using R.* > > > > what has this to do with "teaching R / teaching statistics using R"? > > > > It looks like a basic question about R or the availability of R > > packages for "the" Laplace distribution. > > ... > > which could also be answered by reading the Wikipedia page about > > the Laplace distrib... > > > > Martin > > > > > > -- > ______________________ > AbouEl-Makarim Aboueissa, PhD > Department of Mathematics and Statistics > University of Southern Maine > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-teaching > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-teaching
