[R] Inverse Student t-value

Andre geomodelers at gmail.com
Thu Oct 2 13:27:42 CEST 2014


Dear All,

The manual formula mean that how to calculate that value by hand for
TINV(0.0000408831, 1221) and the resulted is 4.0891672

Appreciate your help in advance.

Cheers!


On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 9:15 PM, <JLucke at ria.buffalo.edu> wrote:

> What do you mean by a "manual" formula?
>
>
>  *Andre <geomodelers at gmail.com <geomodelers at gmail.com>>*
>
> 09/30/2014 11:54 PM
>   To
> JLucke at ria.buffalo.edu,
> cc
> Duncan Murdoch <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>, "r-help at r-project.org" <
> r-help at r-project.org>, r-help-bounces at r-project.org
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> Re: [R] Inverse Student t-value
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>
>
>
> Hi JLucke,
>
> Maybe the old excel function. TINV and T.INV.2T is same function for Two-Tailed
> Inverse of the student`s t-distribution but T.INV use for Left-Tailed
> inverse of the Student's t-distribution and can be use for  Inverse of
> the student`s t-distribution.
>
>
> I know automatic or functions any software but I just need a manual
> formula or compute formula (TINV or T.INV.2T) step by step presented by
> math for calculate until resulted.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Cheers!
>
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 2:39 AM, <*JLucke at ria.buffalo.edu*
> <JLucke at ria.buffalo.edu>> wrote:
> The website has your answer.  The t-distribution is a regularized
> incomplete beta function.  The incomplete beta function is given by R's
> *pbeta* function.  You regularize it with R's *beta* function.  Then you
> use R's *uniroot* function to find the inverse.  Good homework problem.
>
>   *Andre <**geomodelers at gmail.com* <geomodelers at gmail.com>*>*
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> 09/30/2014 02:45 PM
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>   To
> Duncan Murdoch <*murdoch.duncan at gmail.com* <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>>,
> cc
> "*r-help at r-project.org* <r-help at r-project.org>" <*r-help at r-project.org*
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> Re: [R] Inverse Student t-value
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>
> Hi Duncan,
>
> Let me explain again, I just need a manual expression for inverse student t
> value.
>
> You could go to web page
> *http://www.danielsoper.com/statcalc3/calc.aspx?id=10*
> <http://www.danielsoper.com/statcalc3/calc.aspx?id=10>
>
> That's inverse student t value calculator. Do you know a manual expression
> use it.
>
> Cheers!
>
>
> On Wednesday, October 1, 2014, Duncan Murdoch <*murdoch.duncan at gmail.com*
> <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>>
> wrote:
>
> > On 30/09/2014 2:26 PM, Andre wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Duncan,
> >>
> >> Actually, I am trying trace the formula for the "Critical value of Z"
> and
> >> manual formula is =(I7-1)/SQRT(I7)*SQRT((TINV(0.
> >> 05/I7,I7-2))^2/(I7-2+TINV(0.05/I7,I7-2)))
> >>
> >> So, I got new problem for TINV formula. I just need a manual equation
> for
> >> TINV.
> >>
> >
> > Sorry, can't help.  I'm not sure I understand what you want, but if it's
> a
> > simple formula for quantiles of the t distribution, it doesn't exist.
> >
> > Duncan Murdoch
> >
> >
> >> Hope solve this problem.
> >>
> >> Cheers!
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 1:20 AM, Duncan Murdoch <
> *murdoch.duncan at gmail.com* <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
> >> <*mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com* <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     On 30/09/2014 2:11 PM, Andre wrote:
> >>
> >>         Hi Duncan,
> >>
> >>         No, that's correct. Actually, I have data set below;
> >>
> >>
> >>     Then it seems Excel is worse than I would have expected.  I
> >>     confirmed R's value in two other pieces of software,
> >>     OpenOffice and some software I wrote a long time ago based on an
> >>     algorithm published in 1977 in Applied Statistics. (They are
> >>     probably all using the same algorithm.  I wonder what Excel is
> doing?)
> >>
> >>         N= 1223
> >>         alpha= 0.05
> >>
> >>         Then
> >>         probability= 0.05/1223=0.0000408831
> >>         degree of freedom= 1223-2= 1221
> >>
> >>         So, TINV(0.0000408831,1221) returns 4.0891672
> >>
> >>
> >>         Could you show me more detail a manual equation. I really
> >>         appreciate it if you may give more detail.
> >>
> >>
> >>     I already gave you the expression:  abs(qt(0.0000408831/2,
> >>     df=1221)). For more detail, I suppose you could look at the help
> >>     page for the qt function, using help("qt").
> >>
> >>     Duncan Murdoch
> >>
> >>
> >>         Cheers!
> >>
> >>
> >>         On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 1:01 AM, Duncan Murdoch
> >>         <*murdoch.duncan at gmail.com* <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com> <
> *mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com* <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>>
> >>         <*mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com* <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
> >>         <*mailto:murdoch.duncan at gmail.com* <murdoch.duncan at gmail.com>
> >>> wrote:
>
> >>
> >>             On 30/09/2014 1:31 PM, Andre wrote:
> >>
> >>                 Dear Sir/Madam,
> >>
> >>                 I am trying to use calculation for two-tailed inverse
> >>         of the
> >>                 student`s
> >>                 t-distribution function presented by Excel functions
> like
> >>                 =TINV(probability, deg_freedom).
> >>
> >>                 For instance: The Excel function
> >>         =TINV(0.0000408831,1221) =         returns
> >>                   4.0891672.
> >>
> >>                 Would you like to show me a manual calculation for this?
> >>
> >>                 Appreciate your helps in advance.
> >>
> >>
> >>             That number looks pretty far off the true value. Have you
> >>         got a
> >>             typo in your example?
> >>
> >>             You can compute the answer to your question as
> >>             abs(qt(0.0000408831/2, df=1221)), but you'll get 4.117.
> >>
> >>             Duncan Murdoch
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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