Re: [R] number of required trials

2008-10-19 Thread Rolf Turner
On 20/10/2008, at 9:51 AM, Boks, M.P.M. wrote: Dear Experts, Probably trivial, but I am struggling to get what I want: I need to know how the number of required trials to get a certain number of successes. By example: How many trials do I need to have 98% probability of 50 successes,

[R] number of required trials

2008-10-19 Thread Boks, M.P.M.
Dear Experts, Probably trivial, but I am struggling to get what I want: I need to know how the number of required trials to get a certain number of successes. By example: How many trials do I need to have 98% probability of 50 successes, when the a priory probability is 0.1 per trial. The N