On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Oscar Linares wrote: > Dear R experts, > > I am trying to use the R MASS library fitdistr() to fit the following > list:
Well, that is not a list! > k21stsList<-c(0.76697,0.57642,0.75938,0.82616,0.93706,0.77377,0.58923,0.37157,0.60796,1.00070,0.97529,0.62858,0.63504,0.68697,0.61714,0.75227,1.16390,0.66702,0.83578) > > as follows, > > library(MASS) > fitdistr(k21stsList, "normal") > > But, I get > > Error in fitdistr(k21stsList, "normal") : 'start' must be a named list You omitted the `start' argument, and "normal" is not in the list specified in the Details section. > What am I doing wrong (probably alot!) It always helps to read through the whole help page rather than guessing. Given that the MLEs for a normal are known explicitly, why are you doing this? -- Brian D. Ripley, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Professor of Applied Statistics, http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~ripley/ University of Oxford, Tel: +44 1865 272861 (self) 1 South Parks Road, +44 1865 272866 (PA) Oxford OX1 3TG, UK Fax: +44 1865 272595 ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
