On Sat, 23 Feb 2002 00:27:00 +1100, "Glen Barnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Henry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... >> On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 08:55:42 +1100, "Glen Barnett" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... >> >> A straight line CDF would imply the data is uniformly distributed, >> >> that is, the probability of one event is the same as the probability >> >> of any other event. The slope of the line would be the probability of >> >> an event. >> > >> >I doubt that - if the data were distributed uniformly on [0,1/2), say, then >> >the slope of the line would be 2! >> >> I suspect he meant probability density. > >I guess that's actually correct - the slope of the pdf is zero. However, I'm >fairly certain that's not what he meant. I was trying to suggest that he meant the slope of the CDF was the height of the PDF. ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================
