[R] location.m in R?

[Prof Brian D Ripley]

On Thu, 23 Aug 2001, Mark Robinson wrote:

> Hi.
>
> I'm looking for the robust M estimates comparable to "location.m" in
> S-PLUS?
>
> Alternatively, I guess I could use
> > lqs(x~1)
>
> But ... is "location.m" in a package?

No, and lqs(x~1) is not equivalent.  rlm(x ~ 1) is much closer,
and there are huber and hubers in package MASS, for example.

Honestly, there are limits to how interested one can be in the
one-parameter location problem, and say hubers should suffice.


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