[R] Estimation of Dispersion parameter in GLM for Gamma Dist.

2007-05-25 Thread fredrik odegaard
Hi All, could someone shed some light on what the difference between the estimated dispersion parameter that is supplied with the GLM function and the one that the 'gamma.dispersion( )' function in the MASS library gives? And is there consensus for which estimated value to use? It seems that the

[R] Definition of Hinges in Boxplot

2007-04-30 Thread fredrik odegaard
scribed in boxplot.stats. In particular I am trying to understand exactly how it differs from the default (Type 7) of the quantile function. Many thanks, Fredrik Odegaard __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE d

[R] Definition of Hinges in Boxplot

2007-04-30 Thread fredrik odegaard
cribed in boxplot.stats. In particular I am trying to understand exactly how it differs from the default (Type 7) of the quantile function. Many thanks, Fredrik Odegaard __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help

[R] Definition of Hinges in Boxplot

2007-04-30 Thread fredrik odegaard
scribed in boxplot.stats. In particular I am trying to understand exactly how it differs from the default (Type 7) of the quantile function. Many thanks, Fredrik Odegaard __ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE d

[R] Definition of Hinges in Boxplot

2007-04-30 Thread fredrik odegaard
Hi All, Is the definition and/or algorithm for the 'Hinges' (upper and lower) in Boxplot available somewhere online? I would like to know a little more than what is described in boxplot.stats. In particular I am trying to understand exactly how it differs from the default (Type 7) of the quantile f