[R] too large alpha or beta in dbeta ?

[Thomas Lumley]

On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Troels Ring wrote:

> Dear friends.
> 
> Is this as expected ? Is alpha and beta too large simply ?
> 
>  > dbeta(.1,534,646)
> [1] NaN
> Warning message:
> NaNs produced in: dbeta(x, shape1, shape2, log)

well, it should work, but the correct answer is effectively zero.
  pbeta(.1,534,646) gives 3.6e-213

Perhaps more worrying is 
> dbeta(.25,534,646)
[1] Inf


	-thomas

Thomas Lumley
Assistant Professor, Biostatistics
University of Washington, Seattle

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