[R] unimodal VS bimodal normal distribution - how to get a pvalue?

2008-10-21 Thread Emmanuel Levy
Dear All, I have a distribution of values and I would like to assess the uni/bimodality of the distribution. I managed to decompose it into two normal distribs using Mclust, and the BIC criteria is best for two parameters. However, the problem is that the BIC criteria is not a P-value, which I

Re: [R] unimodal VS bimodal normal distribution - how to get a pvalue?

2008-10-21 Thread Duncan Murdoch
On 10/21/2008 2:56 PM, Emmanuel Levy wrote: Dear All, I have a distribution of values and I would like to assess the uni/bimodality of the distribution. I managed to decompose it into two normal distribs using Mclust, and the BIC criteria is best for two parameters. However, the problem is

Re: [R] unimodal VS bimodal normal distribution - how to get a pvalue?

2008-10-21 Thread Emmanuel Levy
Hi Duncan, I'm really stupid --- yes of course!! Thanks for pointing me out the (now) obvious. All the best, E 2008/10/21 Duncan Murdoch [EMAIL PROTECTED]: On 10/21/2008 2:56 PM, Emmanuel Levy wrote: Dear All, I have a distribution of values and I would like to assess the uni/bimodality