[R] How Does One Use the Value of Density Function?

[Kingsford Jones]

On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 12:42 AM, Gundala Viswanath<gundalav at gmail.com> wrote:
> How do people usually use the result of density function (e.g. dnorm)?
> Especially when its value can be greater than 1.
>
> What do they do with such density >1?
>
>> dnorm(2.02,2,.24)
> [1] 1.656498


There are countless uses.  E.g., when viewed as a function of the
parameters it is a likelihood, allowing one to estimate parameters
given data...

hth,
Kingsford




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