[R] bimodal data

[Ingmar Visser]

Hi Simone,
It depends on what you want from the data ...
A bimodal distribution can typically be modelled with a mixture
distribution, where the assumption is that each of the modes corresponds to
an underlying process generating those data.
hth, ingmar

>   Hi,
>  
> Does anybody have a good tip of how to treat bimodal data to perform
> statistical analyses? My data set ranges from -1 to 1 (any values are
> posssible in between) and most data are either close to -1 or close to 1. They
> are the results of a two choice experiment where individuals could choose more
> than once in either direction and scores were calculated.
>  
> Simone
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> Simone Immler
> University of Sheffield
> Dep. Animal & Plant Sciences
> Alfred Denny Building
> Western Bank
> Sheffield S10 2TN, UK
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