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[Rau, Roland]

Hi
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I'd like to know how to superimpose a Student distribution pt on a 
histogram.  I think I have to use the plot function but I don,t know the

details.
Other question: what is a quntile function?

Since I am not a statistician, I hope my answers are correct.

The quantile function is the inverse of the cumulative distribution
function. Maybe it is easier with an example:
pnorm(0)
asks how much of the probability mass (bounded between 0 and 1) is
smaller or equal to this value. In this case of the standard normal
distribution (mean 0, var=sd=1), it is just half of it.
If you reverse this process you get back to the "x-value", which is what
the quantile function is doing.
qnorm(0.5)
Does this help for the last question?

Code for superimposing the data:

deg.of.free <- 4
hist(rt(n=500, df=deg.of.free), freq=FALSE, breaks=75, xlim=c(-5,5))
xvalues <- seq(from=-5, to=5, length=200)
lines(x=xvalues, y=dt(xvalues, df=deg.of.free), col="blue", lwd=3)

Finally, just two remarks:
1) Please use a sensible subject line in your message.
2) Is this some kind of homework assignment? (looks like a typical one)

Ciao,
Roland




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