Re: [R] distributions and glm

2008-10-21 Thread drbn
Thanks for your clear response, Ruben. I'm trying to fit the data of each year in a distribution because my data is truncated at fixed points to the right and to the left (each year). By fitting a truncate distribution I think I will be able to get an unbiased estimate of the yearly mean. But, a

Re: [R] distributions and glm

2008-10-21 Thread Rubén Roa-Ureta
drbn wrote: Hello, I have seen that some papers do this: 1.) Group data by year (e.g. 35 years) 2.) Estimate the mean of the key variable through the distribution that fits better (some years is a normal distribution , others is a more skewed, gamma distribution, etc.) 3.) With these estimat

[R] distributions and glm

2008-10-20 Thread drbn
Hello, I have seen that some papers do this: 1.) Group data by year (e.g. 35 years) 2.) Estimate the mean of the key variable through the distribution that fits better (some years is a normal distribution , others is a more skewed, gamma distribution, etc.) 3.) With these estimated means of ea