Re: [R] Fitting of lognormal distribution to lower tail experimental data

2009-01-19 Thread Mattias Brännström
Thank you very much, Göran! I had to install R 2.8.1 since it did not work with 2.4.1. This is exactly what I wanted, now I can move on with my analysis! (And learn more about cencoring...) Best regards, Mattias __ R-help@r-project.org mailing list

[R] Fitting of lognormal distribution to lower tail experimental data

2009-01-16 Thread Mattias Brännström
Hi, I am beginner with R and need firm guidance with my problem. I have seen some other threads discussing the subject of right censored data, but I am not sure whether or not this problem can be regarded as such. Data: I have a vector with laboratory test data (strength of wood specimens,

Re: [R] Fitting of lognormal distribution to lower tail experimental data

2009-01-16 Thread Mattias Brännström
Thank you, David! I agree and apprechiate your analysis, which definitely will influence my analysis of this data, but still I would like you to disregard from it(!) The standard routine in the field is, beyond my control, to assume lognormal distribution to achieve comparable results also with

Re: [R] Fitting of lognormal distribution to lower tail experimental data

2009-01-16 Thread Göran Broström
On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Mattias Brännström mattias.brannst...@tt.luth.se wrote: Thank you, David! I agree and apprechiate your analysis, which definitely will influence my analysis of this data, but still I would like you to disregard from it(!) The standard routine in the field is,

Re: [R] Fitting of lognormal distribution to lower tail experimental data

2009-01-16 Thread Göran Broström
On Sat, Jan 17, 2009 at 12:27 AM, Göran Broström goran.brost...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 3:31 PM, Mattias Brännström mattias.brannst...@tt.luth.se wrote: Thank you, David! I agree and apprechiate your analysis, which definitely will influence my analysis of this data, but