Re: [R] Summary shows wrong maximum

2006-12-07 Thread Mike Prager
Bert Gunter Nonclinical Statistics 7-7374 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Prager Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 11:46 AM To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] Summary shows wrong maximum I don't know about

Re: [R] Summary shows wrong maximum

2006-12-06 Thread Prof Brian Ripley
'Unfortunately' you give no credentials for your ex cathedra pronouncement. E.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significant_digits says The situation regarding trailing zero digits that fall to the left of the decimal place in a number with no digits provided that fall to the right of the

Re: [R] Summary shows wrong maximum

2006-12-06 Thread rolf
Brian Ripley wrote: 'Unfortunately' you give no credentials for your ex cathedra pronouncement. E.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Significant_digits says The situation regarding trailing zero digits that fall to the left of the decimal place in a number with no digits provided that

Re: [R] Summary shows wrong maximum

2006-12-06 Thread Bert Gunter
Folks: Is So this is at best a matter of opinion, and credentials do matter for opinions. -- Brian Ripley an R fortunes candidate? -- Bert Gunter On Tue, 5 Dec 2006, Oliver Czoske wrote: On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Uwe Ligges wrote: Sebastian Spaeth wrote: Hi all, I have a list with a

Re: [R] Summary shows wrong maximum

2006-12-06 Thread Bert Gunter
... -- Bert Bert Gunter Nonclinical Statistics 7-7374 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Prager Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 11:46 AM To: r-help@stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] Summary shows wrong maximum I don't know about candidacy

Re: [R] Summary shows wrong maximum

2006-12-05 Thread Oliver Czoske
On Mon, 4 Dec 2006, Uwe Ligges wrote: Sebastian Spaeth wrote: Hi all, I have a list with a numerical column cum_hardreuses. By coincidence I discovered this: max(libs[,cum_hardreuses]) [1] 1793 summary(libs[,cum_hardreuses]) Min. 1st Qu. MedianMean 3rd Qu.Max.

[R] Summary shows wrong maximum

2006-12-04 Thread Sebastian Spaeth
Hi all, I have a list with a numerical column cum_hardreuses. By coincidence I discovered this: max(libs[,cum_hardreuses]) [1] 1793 summary(libs[,cum_hardreuses]) Min. 1st Qu. MedianMean 3rd Qu.Max. 1 2 4 36 141790 (note the max value of 1790)

Re: [R] Summary shows wrong maximum

2006-12-04 Thread Uwe Ligges
Sebastian Spaeth wrote: Hi all, I have a list with a numerical column cum_hardreuses. By coincidence I discovered this: max(libs[,cum_hardreuses]) [1] 1793 summary(libs[,cum_hardreuses]) Min. 1st Qu. MedianMean 3rd Qu.Max. 1 2 4 36 14

Re: [R] Summary shows wrong maximum

2006-12-04 Thread Gavin Simpson
On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 12:04 +0100, Sebastian Spaeth wrote: Hi all, I have a list with a numerical column cum_hardreuses. By coincidence I discovered this: max(libs[,cum_hardreuses]) [1] 1793 summary(libs[,cum_hardreuses]) Min. 1st Qu. MedianMean 3rd Qu.Max. 1

Re: [R] Summary shows wrong maximum

2006-12-04 Thread Sebastian Spaeth
Uwe Ligges wrote: max(libs[,cum_hardreuses]) [1] 1793 summary(libs[,cum_hardreuses]) Min. 1st Qu. MedianMean 3rd Qu.Max. 1 2 4 36 141790 (note the max value of 1790) Ouch this is bad! Anything I can do to remedy this? Known bug? No, it's a