[R] How to obtain 95th percentile of a normal distribution of a continuous variable

2006-07-23 Thread jenny tan
Hi,

How do I get R to output the 95% cutoff from a distribution of a continous 
variable?
summary() only displays a few statistics

Thanks!

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Re: [R] How to obtain 95th percentile of a normal distribution of a continuous variable

2006-07-23 Thread Wensui Liu
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On 7/23/06, jenny tan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi,

 How do I get R to output the 95% cutoff from a distribution of a continous
 variable?
 summary() only displays a few statistics

 Thanks!

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Re: [R] How to obtain 95th percentile of a normal distribution of a continuous variable

2006-07-23 Thread Simon Blomberg
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jenny tan wrote:
 Hi,

 How do I get R to output the 95% cutoff from a distribution of a continous 
 variable?
 summary() only displays a few statistics

 Thanks!

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